Link: https://techstartups.com/2026/10/20/anthropic-posts-staggering-80-7-billion-net-loss-in-first-half-of-2026-as-ipo-approaches/

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, recorded a staggering $80.7 billion net loss in the first six months of 2026, exposing the enormous financial costs behind one of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing companies just as it prepares for a blockbuster initial public offering. The loss, disclosed in a draft IPO prospectus reviewed by The Wall Street

... not counting the $1.5 trillion debt the "big" AI players are hiding in subsidiaries

And this company, which has lost more money than most companies in the history of the world, would like an IPO evaluation of $2 trillion

Dario in 3... 2...

I think they were only ever trying to IPO so they could use a gazillion bagholders as their exit liquidity.

At the current rate that's only enough for two years or so.

If I lost that much money, I would not be in business anymore.

80B so far...

IPO doesn’t really cover operational costs either unless you let the staff who just got rich buy stock back

I think that means isaiprofitableyet is way out of date lol

If you lose $80,000, that's your problem. If you lose $80,000,000,000, that's everyone else's problem.

They're gonna IPO, get a shortcut into the Indexs so that Index Funds have to spend money (your retirement money) buying tons of stock at the near-IPO price, turning fake future profits into actual real US Dollars that the company can use to cash out executives and owners before the company explodes taking the economy with it. Elon already did this with SpaceX minus the economy exploding (so far).

I would not be invested in an index tracking asset which will include the tech or hardware companies involved in the AI supply chain.

Clickbait, most of the money never actually existed, but it's value changed on paper and companies have to disclose it anyway.

Roughly $72 billion of the loss came from accounting charges tied to changes in the value of convertible notes and other financial instruments Anthropic used to raise money.

or at least invest in equal weight instead of market cap weighted (rsp instead of spy)

Also their actual loss is much much higher.

I am sure many are going to lose their money to this scam.

It does if you have enough bag holders.