Anthropic files for IPO as DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart

Anthropic filed publicly for a Nasdaq IPO under the ticker “ANT”, disclosing $16.3B in revenue in the first half of 2026, compared with $4.6B for all of 2025. The listing is expected in mid-November, with reports pointing to a raise of up to $100B at a $2T valuation. That would make it the largest IPO in history.

DeepSeek is closing a funding round of nearly $16B, while Kalshi raised another $1B at a $40B valuation. Funding also flowed into specialized AI businesses: EliseAI raised a $350M Series F at a $4B valuation for its housing and healthcare automation platform, and GPU compute provider PaleBlueDot AI raised a $200M Series C at a $3.2B valuation. Re:Build secured $2.1B led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase to expand U.S. manufacturing and launch industrial startups.

DoorDash agreed to acquire Instacart for $17B, the biggest consumer tech deal of the year so far. Other acquisitions included Guidewire buying Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash and Salesforce acquiring Rune Technologies for $375M. On the investment side, Disruptive announced a $10B fund, while Seaya raised $670M for a growth fund targeting European technology companies.