Anthropic files for IPO with $16.3B H1 revenue as Artificial Analysis launches Index v5
scottleibrand · x · 2026-10-28
Anthropic has filed for a US IPO. Per The Economic Times, four Indian-origin executives are in the spotlight: CFO Krishna Rao, CTO Rahul Patil, Claude Code co-creator Sid Bidasaria, and Long-Term Benefit Trust chair Neil Buddy Shah.
- H1 2026 revenue hit $16.3B, up from $1.16B a year earlier.
- Net loss widened to $80.7B due to an accounting adjustment from rising convertible securities values; operating loss narrowed to $693M from $2.1B.
- Krishna Rao's disclosed holdings could be worth $840M–$1.12B.
The same post also relays the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 launch: 60% of the new index uses private/held-out test sets; Anthropic and OpenAI pull further ahead while open-weight models fall behind, with Kimi K3.1 Pro leading open weights but 12 points behind Opus.
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