Anthropic IPO filing flags Canadian copyright lawsuits as risk

Anthropic's IPO prospectus lists four Canadian copyright lawsuits among its risk factors, alleging authors' and publishers' work was used to train its models without permission. The company also carries $400 billion in future compute and data centre obligations and posted an $80 billion net loss in the first half of 2026 despite 1,368% revenue growth.

• Four Canadian suits allege Anthropic illegally copied authors' and publishers' work for training
• Future obligations for compute and data centre leases total $400 billion
• Net loss reached $80 billion in H1 2026 on 1,368% revenue growth
• Anthropic disputes the allegations and intends to defend itself