Anthropic CEO Amodei admits “there’s a huge uncertainty in what’s going to happen next year” days before a record IPO

Matthias Bastian View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Nov 14, 2026 Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Key Points Ahead of Anthropic’s planned IPO, CEO Dario Amodei called buying compute “the deepest business dilemma” his company faces, noting that capacity has to be purchased one to two years before anyone knows whether revenue will justify the cost. Anthropic’s commitments have reached nearly $901 billion, according to Bloomberg, most of it tied to compute and chips, with roughly $71 billion coming due by September 2027 alone. The IPO is designed to build a cash buffer large enough to carry the company through a potential…