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Historically, companies in a typical IPO sold approximately 10% to 15% of their shares in the offering.
Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026
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“I know. What you used to see in normal IPOs was companies would float about 10 to 15% of their company, which means, like, what you would sell into the IPO would be 10 to 15%.”6:46Report a misattribution
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