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Anthropic files for stock market IPO; Meta announces $95bn fundraising drive to pay for AI expansion – as it happened.

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Anthropic filed S-1 paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering, disclosing its financials, governance structure and risk factors. The filing warns that its AI could blackmail people, become sentient or pose existential threats, and states it will keep ads out of Claude.

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Anthropic filed for a stock market IPO, and Meta announced a $95bn fundraising drive to support its AI infrastructure and personal superintelligence work. Elon Musk warned that some AI cloud computing firms face what he called 'guppy-level death.'

Why it matters: The moves show major AI companies turning to public markets and large share sales to fund AI expansion.

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“Meta says share sale will support its “continued investment in AI infrastructure and personal superintelligence”, as Elon Musk warns some AI cloud computing firms face ‘guppy-level death’ UK government borrowing costs are dropping this morning, a welcome…”
Guardian AI, 26 Oct 2026, 07:57.

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