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Anthropic will open its IPO to small investors in the US and 14 other countries, including Spain
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Revolut, Trade Republic and eToro are among the intermediaries that will offer Anthropic shares to individuals in Spain and other European countries at its stock market debut. United States investors will have their own allocation through brokerages such as Fidelity or Charles Schwab. Nasdaq is the chosen market, with ANT as the ticker, but the price, the size of the offering and the SEC's final green light are still missing.
Individuals will be able to get shares of Anthropic, the US artificial intelligence company, at the offer price of its IPO, and not only once they start trading. Spain is one of the 14 countries, in addition to the United States, where they can be requested.
According to a page in its help center, the international part of the offering for small investors is expected to reach the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Japan, plus nine countries in the European Economic Area: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden. In that European group and in Switzerland, the participants include Revolut, Trade Republic, eToro, Interactive Brokers, flatexDEGIRO and Deutsche Bank. Beyond that list, no other firm or platform has Anthropic's permission to sell these shares or to advertise that it gives access to them in those countries, and the company has no plans, for now, to list on any of their exchanges.
In the United States, the amended version of the filing the company handed to the SEC, the country's securities regulator, on November 2 plans to set aside part of the shares for customers of six brokerages, among them Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Robinhood, as Barron's reported and Infobae relays. The first version, dated October 26, mentioned none.
Anthropic has asked to debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, where its Class A shares will carry the ticker ANT. The price and the number of shares are still blank in the filing. Before the debut, the offering must receive final SEC approval, and the European part can only go ahead with a prospectus that BaFin, Germany's financial supervisor, has yet to approve. According to Bloomberg, cited by Infobae, Anthropic aims to debut before November 26, Thanksgiving Day.
Each brokerage sets its own requirements, and requesting shares does not ensure receiving them: when demand is high, the usual practice is to allocate less than was requested, Infobae notes. Anthropic has not said what portion of the offering will go to small investors; Bloomberg reported on October 28, citing people familiar with the plan, that the company was considering setting aside between 15% and 20% for them.
Why it matters · analysis and opinion
An artificial intelligence company handing part of its stock market debut to individuals in so many countries shows how far the sector is also chasing the money of small savers, and not just that of large funds. For anyone in Spain, the prudent course is to be clear about a few things before making a move. Only the intermediaries on the official list count, so any offer that arrives through social media or by message should be treated as suspicious. The European prospectus has not been approved yet, and without a price or offering size, any calculation of returns is premature. It is also worth remembering that a request does not guarantee an allocation, and that buying into a highly anticipated IPO does not remove the risk of losing what is invested.
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