Ahead of Anthropic's ~$1T IPO, 4 of 8 AI listings trade below first-day close
0xSammy · x · 2026-11-11
Anthropic is reportedly targeting an IPO next week at roughly a $1 trillion market cap. 0xSammy benchmarks eight AI and adjacent listings as a reality check: half trade below their first-day close. Figma jumped 250% on debut but buyers are down 83% from that first close; Astera Labs is up 502% from offer price while Cerebras is down 48%. The lesson: backing the right tech doesn't protect you from paying the wrong price. For Anthropic, the key questions are how much future growth is already priced in and what it costs to deliver. A companion thread argues agent economies will need independently verifiable audit trails of agent decisions.
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