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Anthropic Files for IPO at $965bn as OpenAI Follows

June 14, 2026 at 00:19 EDT

Funding & M&A
Foundation Models
Infra & Chips

Wall Street is digesting a record run of AI fundraising and a wave of IPO filings. Anthropic has reached a postmoney valuation of roughly US$965 billion and filed for an IPO with the SEC, while OpenAI and SpaceX move toward public markets, underscoring the intensifying race in frontier models.

Q1 2026 · Ares Management

Ares hauls a record $30bn as AI infrastructure hunger reshapes Wall Street fundraising

The alternative asset manager lifted assets under management to $644bn — up 18% — on "broad-based investor demand" for data centers, power and semiconductor-tied infrastructure. Executives say a record year is in reach.

$30bn

Quarterly fundraising — a record for any quarter

$644bn

Assets under management

~$503m

Realized income for the quarter

$1.35

Common dividend per share — increased

Year-on-year change

All key gauges climbing — fundraising fastest of all.

+45%

Fundraising

~+25%

Realized income

+18%

AUM

Column height ∝ percentage growth · each block ≈ 9%

What's driving the haul

Demand was broad-based — not concentrated in a single segment.

Data centers & power

Construction, energy and semiconductor-tied infrastructure for the AI boom

Credit & infrastructure

Private credit lending for AI infrastructure showing particularly strong demand

Real estate · $5bn+

Raised in the quarter, alongside a strong wealth platform

The bull case

Shares rose after results. On course for a record year, with demand spanning credit, infrastructure and wealth as capital shifts from traditional stocks and bonds.

The caution

Some earnings figures missed estimates. Eyes are on how efficiently the dry powder is deployed and whether AI-infrastructure demand proves durable.

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