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Anthropic’s IPO hands Amazon a $272 billion stake on just $18 billion invested, versus Alphabet’s $139 billion, making Amazon far more exposed.
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Amazon’s stake equals 9% of its market value against 4% for Alphabet, yet a 12% ownership cap delays much of Amazon’s shares.
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Lock-ups of up to a year and mark-to-market swings keep gains on paper, while Anthropic’s cloud spending also fuels AWS and Google Cloud growth.
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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) both reported third-quarter results in late October. Both now face a valuation event outside their own businesses, because Anthropic expects to price its IPO on November 18 and begin trading on Nasdaq as ANT on November 19.
A Reuters calculation puts their combined stakes at $411 billion if shares price at $78, the top of the $70 to $78 range. That windfall measures total stake value at the IPO price rather than profit, and neither company has commented on it. Amazon holds the larger and cheaper position, although much of it arrives only over time.
Amazon’s Stake Carries More Weight in Its Stock Price
At $78, Amazon’s position is worth $271.8 billion against $18.0 billion invested. Google’s is worth $139 billion against $33.3 billion, and that value includes about $10.0 billion Google is spending in the IPO placement itself.
Amazon’s stake equals about 9.3% of its market value at Tuesday’s close, compared with about 3.9% for Alphabet. Because of that gap, the IPO price changes the sum-of-the-parts case for Amazon far more than for Alphabet.
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