Anthropic could publicly file IPO paperwork as soon as this month
Daniel Howley· Technology Editor
Fri, August 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM GMT+5:30
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Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) is preparing to publicly file paperwork for its initial public offering (IPO) as early as the end of the month
According to Bloomberg, the AI startup is angling to match or surpass SpaceX’s (SPXC) record-setting $75 billion June IPO
The filing will give the outside world its first look at the ins and outs of Anthropic’s financials, including everything from quarterly revenue growth to its biggest business segments, and more
If the AI startup sticks to its timeline, it would easily beat rival OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) to market. The ChatGPT developer is widely expected to IPO later this year or in early 2027
Co-founded by former OpenAI employees Dario Amodei, who serves as CEO, and his sister Daniela Amodei in 2021, Anthropic was once seen as an also-ran next to OpenAI
But the company’s Claude Code AI coding agent turned Anthropic into an enterprise juggernaut. Since then, the company has debuted a number of additional enterprise software offerings, including Claude Cowork, as well as integrations with leading productivity suites such as Microsoft (MSFT) 365
Anthropic raised $65 billion at a valuation of $965 billion during its May funding round. In March, OpenAI announced it raised $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI reported Q2 revenue of $6.2 billion, up 18% from the prior quarter. But Anthropic saw revenue of $11.5 billion in its latest quarter, up 14x versus the same quarter last year
But Anthropic has also run afoul of the Trump administration, which has sought to limit the Defense Department’s ability to use the company’s AI to develop fully autonomous weapons or for the mass surveillance of Americans
The administration went on to designate Anthropic a supply chain threat
Both OpenAI and Anthropic also have to contend with up-and-coming open- could pull away potential customers
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