TenQ · Stock reportPre-IPO report · S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Anthropic IPO (ANT)

Pre-IPO · Nasdaq: ANT

Anthropic, PBC has filed to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT. It does not trade yet, so this report has no price, valuation or TenQ Score. Every figure comes from its S-1 registration statement. The full report follows its first quarterly filing as a listed company.

$11.6B$787M a year earlier
$16.3B$4.6B in all of 2025
$974Mits first operating profit in the filing
$3.9B-$1.5B a year earlier
$131.7Bon 30 June 2026

The Anthropic story

What Anthropic does, how its numbers work and what could change the story, written from its S-1.

  • Usage drives revenue. Consumption-based revenue reached $13.1 billion in the six months to June 2026, making customer activity, rather than subscription renewals alone, central to Anthropic’s results.
  • Profit meets accounting losses. Anthropic recorded operating income of $974 million in the quarter to June 2026, but noncash financing charges helped produce a net loss of $66.3 billion for that period.
  • Capacity comes first. Fixed or minimum commitments under compute agreements stood at $265.6 billion as of 30 June 2026, with spending obligations generally due regardless of revenue or utilization.

Read the Anthropic story

I

Anthropic revenue growth

Revenue

How fast is Anthropic's revenue growing?

Revenue each quarter, as the filing reports it.

→Revenue was $11.6B in Q2 2026, up from $787M in Q2 2025.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Revenue

Anthropic revenue by year

Revenue each full year.

→Revenue was $4.6B in 2025, up from $386M in 2024. The first half of 2026 brought $16.3B.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Revenue by type

How does Anthropic make money?

Revenue by how it is billed, as the filing splits it. Years, then the first half of each year.

→Consumption-based revenue was 80% of the total in the first half of 2026.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Revenue by region

How much of Anthropic's revenue comes from outside the US?

Revenue by where the customer is. Years, then the first half of each year.

→International customers brought 28% of revenue in the first half of 2026, against 17% in 2023.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

II

Anthropic costs, profit and losses

Operating expenses

What does Anthropic spend its money on?

Operating expenses each quarter, by the lines the filing reports.

→Compute and infrastructure was the largest cost in Q2 2026: $5.6B, 53% of operating expenses.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Operating income

Is Anthropic profitable?

Revenue less operating expenses, each quarter. Before interest and the fair-value changes below.

→Operating income was $974M in Q2 2026, the first quarter of operating profit in the filing. A year earlier it was -$1.2B.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Net loss

Why does Anthropic report a net loss when it made an operating profit?

Q2 2026, from revenue to the net result. Each bar is the running total after that line. The last step includes -$8.4B of other items, mostly the change in value of other financial instruments.

→In Q2 2026, Anthropic made $974M from operations and reported a net loss of $66.3B. $59.6B of the gap was a non-cash charge: the convertible notes, derivatives and SAFEs held by its investors rose in value as the company's valuation rose.

What this measures

A convertible note or a SAFE turns into shares later. The company carries it at what it is worth today, so when its valuation rises, the liability rises and the increase is booked as an expense.

What good looks like. No cash leaves the company: the charge is added back in the cash flow statement, which is why operating cash flow can be positive while the net loss is large.

If it rises or falls. A larger charge means the valuation rose more in the period. The charges continue while the notes are outstanding.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

III

Anthropic cash flow and funding

Cash flow

Does Anthropic generate cash?

Cash from operations and purchases of property and equipment. Years, then the first half of each year.

→Operating cash flow was $3.9B in the first half of 2026, against -$1.5B a year earlier. Capital spending was $482M.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

Funding

How is Anthropic funded?

Cash raised from investors before the listing: preferred stock and convertible notes. Years, then the first half of each year.

→Anthropic raised $110.4B by selling preferred stock in the first half of 2026, against $16.5B in all of 2025.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

IV

Anthropic balance sheet

Balance sheet

How much cash does Anthropic have?

Cash and short-term investments, convertible notes and redeemable convertible preferred stock, at each balance sheet date. Deferred revenue, billed but not yet earned, was $1.6B on the latest date.

→Anthropic held $131.7B in cash and short-term investments on 30 June 2026, up from $20.3B on 31 December 2025. Convertible notes stood at $108.6B.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

V

Anthropic customers and commitments

Customer concentration

Does Anthropic depend on a few large customers?

One customer brought 11% of revenue in the first half of 2026. The largest share in the filing was 43%, in 2023.

Customer202320242025H1 2025H1 2026
Customer AUnder 10%Under 10%12%Under 10%Under 10%
Customer BUnder 10%Under 10%12%18%Under 10%
Customer C43%Under 10%Under 10%Under 10%11%
Customer D11%Under 10%Under 10%Under 10%Under 10%

Share of revenue from each customer that reached 10% in a period. The filing does not name them.

Commitments

How much has Anthropic committed to spend?

Future minimum payments under non-cancelable purchase commitments, by the year they fall due, as of 31 December 2025.

→Anthropic had $54.6B of non-cancelable purchase commitments on 31 December 2025. By 30 June 2026, fixed or minimum commitments under these agreements were about $265.6B.

Source: S-1 filed 26 October 2026

VI

Anthropic IPO risk factors

The main risks Anthropic lists in the summary of its S-1, in its own words.

  • Our success depends in large part on our ability to continue to develop the most advanced and capable AI models, and any failure to do so could adversely affect our business.
  • If we are unable to secure adequate compute or if we fail to direct our compute effectively across our workloads, we may be unable to train models that remain competitive with those of our competitors or adequately serve our customers.
  • Constraints on the critical inputs supporting compute could limit our ability to secure adequate compute.
  • We are highly dependent on the continued service of our co-founders, senior management team, and key technical employees, and the loss of any of these individuals may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • Our company culture has contributed to our success and, if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow, our business could be adversely affected.
  • We face intense competition, and if we are unable to compete effectively, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.
  • If the market for our models, platform, and applications develops more slowly than we expect or declines, our growth may slow or stall, and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.
  • If the use of our AI models results in harm, whether through use by malicious actors or misuse by other third parties, or if our model guardrails or safeguards fail to prevent such misuse, our reputation and brand, business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.
  • Our AI models may behave in unintended, misaligned, or autonomous ways, including by taking harmful actions that no user or third party directed, which could adversely affect our reputation and brand, business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • We may be exposed to liability, litigation, and regulatory action arising from harms associated with our AI models, and our contractual protections and insurance may be insufficient, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • A substantial portion of our revenue and accounts receivable is driven by a limited number of customers and distribution channels, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, spend from one or more of our top customers or disruption through those channels could adversely affect our prospects, business, and financial condition.
  • We have a limited operating history in an evolving and nascent industry, which makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and may increase the risk that we will not be successful.
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The filing

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Where these numbers come from. Anthropic, PBC's S-1 registration statement, filed with the US SEC on 26 October 2026. Its financial statements are not tagged in XBRL, so the figures are read from the filing's tables and checked against its own totals. Quarterly figures are unaudited. Nothing here is investment advice. Terms