US Stock Premarket Key News Summary: Anthropic Expected to IPO in October with Potential Record Valuation of $2 Trillion

2026-08-13 12:56

Odaily News: Before the US stock market opens, the key market financial news investors need to watch is as follows:

1. The three major US stock index futures are rising moderately. Dow Jones futures rose 0.30%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.19%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.03%.

2. International oil prices fell collectively. WTI crude oil futures fell 2.41% to $81.260 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures fell 2.14% to $87.078 per barrel.

3. International spot gold and silver edged lower. Spot gold fell 0.34% to $4,393.44 per ounce; spot silver fell 0.37% to $65.06 per ounce.

4. Europe's three major indices were mixed. The UK FTSE 100 fell 0.38%, France's CAC40 rose 0.11%, and Germany's DAX30 rose 0.34%.

5. AI chip company Cerebras plunged 16% premarket. The company reported second fiscal quarter revenue of $180.1 million, missing market expectations. The company raised its full-year revenue guidance to up to $890 million.

6. Coherent, a leading US optical communications company, stated that customer orders are already booked through calendar year 2028, with extremely high demand visibility. The company targets quarterly revenue exceeding $3 billion by the end of fiscal year 2027.

7. Apple is reportedly in talks with multiple publishers on multi-year content licensing agreements to provide the AI-powered Siri with the latest news and information. The licensing budget could reach several hundred million dollars.

8. Multiple Anthropic investors stated that Anthropic is expected to go public in October, with a valuation potentially reaching $2 trillion or higher. If the forecast proves accurate, this staggering valuation would surpass SpaceX and become the largest IPO in history.

9. Bank of America raised its 2030 total addressable market (TAM) forecast for server CPUs to over $210 billion. The bank noted that the CPU-to-GPU ratio will eventually approach 1:1 in the agentic AI era.

10. Citi raised its full-year earnings forecast for S&P 500 constituents while maintaining its year-end target of 8,100 points.