Anthropic IPO coming? Claude AI maker may go public as early as 2026, says report
OpenAI rival Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup behind the popular Claude AI chatbot, is reportedly planning an initial public offering (IPO) in 2026. Finance Times It was reported on December 2.
The fast-growing AI unicorn, backed by Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, hired law firm Wilson Sonsini to prepare for the listing, the report said.
Replying to Reuters An Antropik spokesman said the company has not yet decided if or when it will go public. Anthropic previously retained Wilson Sonsini for other corporate matters, but the law firm did not respond Reuters‘ while writing the questions.
Why is Anthropic going public?
The IPO will help Anthropic raise new capital and gain leverage for larger acquisitions through public shares. Reuters. He added that the move comes as the adoption of AI is accelerating globally due to high corporate technology spending and investors’ growing appetite for AI stocks.
F.T. It cited sources reporting that Anthropic’s IPO could happen as soon as 2026 and that it is in “early stage” and “informal” discussions with major investment banks about a potential listing. For this reason, it was also stated that the selection of IPO underwriters may take some time.
According to the report, the artificial intelligence startup is negotiating a private financing round that could give the startup a valuation in excess of $300 billion.
Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei, plans to more than double and potentially nearly triple its annual revenue rate next year to about $26 billion. It has more than 300,000 commercial and corporate customers. Reuters the report said.
OpenAI’s IPO could boost valuation to $1 trillion
OpenAI is also preparing for its IPO, which would be one of the largest IPOs ever and would push the ChatGPT maker’s valuation to $1 trillion. The Microsoft-backed company is laying the groundwork for listing and could file with securities regulators as early as the second half of 2026. Reuters.
In November, OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said that listing was not in the startup’s near-term plans.
Last month, Microsoft and Nvidia announced plans to invest up to $15 billion in Anthropic; The artificial intelligence firm had made a $30 billion commitment to use Microsoft’s cloud services. Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI staff, was recently valued at $183 billion.
(With inputs from Reuters)
