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Anthropic confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

how can you file confidentially for a public offering?

that's like throwing a public party where you are expecting to make money off the cover charge but not telling anyone about it

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[–] jonathan@piefed.social 31 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Poor wording. The content of the filing is confidential, not the act of filing.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

I had read confidently and was like I bet you smug bastards.

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

But don’t the public investors need that info to decide? Like a prospectus?

I don’t know that much about IPOs. I’m just assuming.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

First the SEC and other authorities need to vet the offering. By filing confidentiality this initial stage is kept from competitors.

It means that instead of filing publicly 90-120 days ahead, they can hold off public prospectus to 21 days ahead of launch.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago

Well that's shady as fuck.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, wanting to keep that private just seems shady and like it should be a major red flag

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

First an IPO has to get SEC approval. A confidential filing means they send the information to the SEC without it being generally available. The public prospectus follows after approvals are given.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

good to know… thanks for the info

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