WSJ Op-Ed: For Anthropic Share Offering Investors, a 10% Extinction Chance May Be a 90% Portfolio Win
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-27
Nathan Calvin highlights a WSJ op-ed by James Mackintosh, "The Bull Case for AI Armageddon," about Anthropic's share offering. Its provocative framing: for investors mulling the offering, "a 10% chance of extinction may be a 90% win for your portfolio."
The accompanying screenshot shows ticker ANT and news that Anthropic's IPO filing reveals first-half revenue — underscoring the tension between frontier-AI extinction-risk debates and Wall Street pricing of the company.
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