Technology · From the edition of Jul 17, 2026
✳ Dated FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2027 ✳
ANTHROPIC VAULTS PAST TRILLION-DOLLAR THRESHOLD
AI mania just handed the young lab a valuation once reserved for empires
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 — Anthropic closed out December worth $1.25 trillion. Betting markets had put the odds at 93 percent, and they nailed it. A number that sounded absurd a few years ago is now a done deal, splashed across every wire overnight.
No company has piled up this much money this fast since the old steel and oil trusts. And Anthropic isn't old — a handful of ex-rival researchers started it just a few years back. Traders watching the ticker call it an ascent with no precedent. The AI boom, they say, has minted a fresh aristocracy of capital.
The gamblers are already looking higher. $1.5 trillion draws quiet confidence; $2 trillion and beyond gets waved off as a fever dream. One thing's clear: appetite for these machines shows no sign of cooling. Whether the tower holds or turns to vapor, nobody's calling it yet. This year decides.
Source: Polymarket · 93% probability — View market ↗