Key facts
- Anthropic picked eight firms, including Macquarie Group and CommSec, for its Australian retail offer, per Bloomberg.
- Capital Brief, citing an Anthropic update, named CommSec, Bell Potter, LGT Wealth, Macquarie, Morgans, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Sharesies and Stake.
- Anthropic said Australia is one of 14 countries outside the US offering retail access to the Nasdaq listing, per Capital Brief.
- Capital Brief reported Anthropic is set to lodge its Australian prospectus with ASIC the week after November 3, 2026.
- The AFR reported CommSec told clients to apply for an international shares account to bid in the coming fortnight.
Anthropic PBC has selected eight firms, including Macquarie Group Ltd. and Commonwealth Bank of Australia's CommSec unit, to handle an Australian retail offer ahead of its planned Nasdaq listing, according to a Bloomberg report that did not date the announcement.
Capital Brief reported on November 3, 2026 that Anthropic confirmed in an update that CommSec, Bell Potter, LGT Wealth, Macquarie, Morgans, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Sharesies and Stake are expected to participate in the local retail offering. The same report said Anthropic is set to lodge its Australian prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the following week.
CommSec alerted clients on the morning of November 3, 2026 to the upcoming offering, the Australian Financial Review reported. The AFR said CommSec told clients to apply for an international shares account if they wanted to bid for stock in the coming fortnight, and that the broker had attracted nearly 30,000 investors for Elon Musk's SpaceX offering.
Anthropic said Australia is one of 14 countries outside the US that will offer retail investors access to the Nasdaq listing, alongside Canada, the UK, Japan, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden, according to Capital Brief.
Capital Brief described the IPO as a touted $100 billion ($143 billion) raising, and the AFR said the $100 billion float is slated for the coming fortnight. Neither report said Anthropic had confirmed that figure.