🚀 What’s Happening with Anthropic’s IPO

  • Anthropic has formally begun laying the groundwork for an IPO, hiring the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to oversee the process. TechCrunch+2Business Standard+2

  • The company is reportedly in early, informal talks with major investment banks, although it has not yet selected an underwriter. The American Bazaar+1

  • The IPO could take place as early as 2026, though that depends heavily on market and regulatory conditions. mint+1

💰 Valuation & Business Scale

  • Anthropic closed a funding round in September 2025, which valued the company at around US$183 billion. TechCrunch+1

  • Now it is reportedly seeking a new funding round that could push valuation above US$300 billion ahead of the public offering. The American Bazaar+1

  • The firm reportedly serves more than 300,000 enterprise customers, and internally projects that its annualised run-rate revenue could reach around US$26 billion next year. mint+1

📈 Why This IPO Matters — Beyond the Numbers

  • If successful, Anthropic’s IPO could rank among the largest tech IPOs ever, signaling that AI — not just traditional tech or crypto — is entering its “mainstream finance” era.

  • For investors: this could offer one of the first public-market ways to directly invest in a frontier-AI company with major ambitions, revenue scale, and enterprise adoption.

  • For the AI industry: a public listing pushes frontier-AI firms out of the VC shadows — forcing transparency, governance discipline, and public scrutiny, which may accelerate maturation of the sector.

⚠️ What Could Still Go Wrong (or Cause Delays)

  • As of now, the IPO plans are still early and informal — Anthropic hasn’t committed to a date or underwriter. The American Bazaar+1

  • A “pre-IPO funding round” valuation of $300B+ may not survive public-market scrutiny, especially if revenue growth, profitability, or AI-safety risks become concerns.

  • Macro conditions (global markets, interest rates, regulation) — plus technology-sector cycles — could heavily influence whether Anthropic lists, when it does, and at what valuation.

🔎 What to Watch Over the Next 6–12 Months

  • Whether Anthropic finalises an IPO timetable and names an underwriter.

  • Any public disclosures (S-1 filing or equivalent) that reveal actual revenue, profitability, and business risks.

  • Market appetite — especially from institutional investors — for high-valuation AI firms entering public markets.

  • Competitive moves from other AI firms (for example, OpenAI) — as multiple big-ticket AI IPOs could influence valuations and investor sentiment.


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