Anthropic Pitches $30 Trillion AI Market to IPO Investors
TL;DR
- Anthropic plans to tell IPO investors its total addressable market exceeds $30 trillion, above SpaceX's $28.5 trillion pitch from May.
- The 191 technology companies in the S&P 1500 combined for $2.4 trillion in revenue last year, per FactSet data cited by the Journal.
- Q2 revenue exceeded $11.5 billion and the annualized run rate reached $65 billion in July, with a September or early October debut targeted.
Anthropic plans to tell prospective IPO investors that its total addressable market exceeds $30 trillion, above SpaceX's $28.5 trillion pitch from May, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The 191 technology companies in the S&P 1500 combined for $2.4 trillion in revenue last year, per FactSet data cited by the Journal. Anthropic's number is more than 12 times that. Earlier IPO decks look modest by comparison: Uber cited a $6 trillion addressable market in its 2019 IPO, and WeWork claimed $3 trillion in its abandoned offering.
The methodology, per the reporting, is that Anthropic is "looking at the full scope of work that could be completed with AI models." The Journal defines TAM the standard way: "the annual revenue opportunity available if a product or service achieved 100% market share" in the relevant market.
Actual revenue is doing the load-bearing work under the slide. Q2 revenue exceeded $11.5 billion, a 14.6-fold jump from a year earlier, and the annualized run rate reached $65 billion in July. The company is projecting 2028 revenue of roughly $190 billion to $200 billion, the same range it laid out ten days ago, with an S-1 expected within weeks and a September or early October debut on the calendar. This is one of 331 Anthropic stories we've tracked in the last 90 days.
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Ladies and gentlemen...it's a TAM-off.
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I keep asking this about AI companies, with no good answer, but at what point does this “make up whatever to get a good IPO day” approach become just fraud?
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Het oppompen van de verwachtingen rondom AI gaat nog even door. Anthropic spiegelt investeerders een potentiële markt (Total Addressable Market) voor zijn diensten van 30 biljoen voor, per WSJ. Dat is 5x de verwachte tot…
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Originally reported by wsj.com
Read the original article →Original headline: Anthropic to Tell IPO Investors Its AI Revenue Opportunity Tops $30 Trillion, Beating SpaceX's $28.5T Claim