UPDATE 1 — Investors temper Anthropic IPO valuation expectations over revenue growth slowdown, sources say

Anthropic reports third-quarter revenue of $16.8 billion, up 45% from previous quarter, sources say Some investors disappointed as sequential growth slowed after more than doubling in second quarter, sources say Some investors discussed valuation of about $1.5 trillion, sources say, below earlier projection (Updates to include attribution) By Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) — Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation for the AI company after its latest financial disclosures, four people familiar with the matter said, amid broader concerns over the ballooning cost of financing AI. Some investors who attended Anthropic's investor day on Wednesday in San Francisco discussed a valuation of around $1.5 trillion, three of the people said, a significant step down from the roughly $2 trillion valuation that investors had previously expected for the November share sale. At Wednesday's meeting, Anthropic told prospective IPO investors that its third-quarter revenue jumped 45% to $16.8 billion from the previous quarter, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis during the quart