--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "80c51e5dd01457f852f9a31b37259b2a98a6c6102dad1366bb5dc1bd9b24a4fb" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/80c51e5d?lang=en" title: "Trader Opens $70.5M Short on AI Startup Anthropic" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-12T13:24:10.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["anthropic","funding"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/startups/trader-opens-705m-short-on-ai-startup-anthropic-0381a61c","https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2120864570893824436","https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/2120527009696878621","https://x.com/DefiantNews/status/2120530991450370356","https://x.com/liquidtrading/status/2120495599795745232","https://x.com/BullTheoryio/status/2120545870093615353","https://x.com/MaxCrypto/status/2120552837092720865","https://huggingnews.com/startups/trader-opens-705m-short-on-ai-startup-anthropic-0381a61c"] summary: "A professional trader has opened a $70.5 million short position on AI startup Anthropic via the Hyperliquid platform, betting that its speculative market value has peaked as pre-IPO perpetual contracts trade at $104, a 33% premium over the expected IPO pricing range." --- # Trader Opens $70\.5M Short on AI Startup Anthropic > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-12T13:24:10.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** anthropic, funding ## Summary A professional trader has opened a $70\.5 million short position on AI startup Anthropic via the Hyperliquid platform, betting that its speculative market value has peaked as pre\-IPO perpetual contracts trade at $104, a 33% premium over the expected IPO pricing range\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()