Chinese investors have denied their participation in the Anthropic IPO.
Bloomberg reports that institutional investors in Hong Kong and mainland China are rejecting their IPO requests or making it clear they will not accept shares. The organizers did not publicly announce the ban; The material calls for the possible connection with the American ITAR rules discount.
The offering is scheduled for November 19. According to Bloomberg sources, the demand for shares is about six times higher than the supply; Anthropic expects to raise $90.4 billion at a company value of $1.4 trillion.