Anthropic files for initial public offering as CEO warns of AI safety risks

The public offering could rank among the largest stock market debuts in history, potentially raising up to $100 billion and valuing the five-year-old startup between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion while granting its co-founders controlling voting power.

• •Anthropic filed paperwork for an initial public offering slated for next month on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol ANT.
• •The offering could raise as much as $100 billion, potentially surpassing the record set by SpaceX in June.
• •The company's valuation is projected between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion, up from a private valuation of $965 billion earlier in the year.
• •Anthropic reported revenue of more than $16 billion in the first half of the year, which is 14 times its revenue from the same period last year.
• •The company reported a net loss of $80.7 billion in the first half of 2026, compared to a $13 billion loss in the same period a year ago.
• •The regulatory filing grants Dario Amodei, his sister Daniela, and five other co-founders 50.1% of shareholder votes through a special class of shares.
• •Anthropic established an independent Long-Term Benefit Trust with the power to appoint directors to prevent financial interests from overriding public safety.
• •The filing includes a nearly 100-page risk factor section detailing potential hazards including chemical weapons use, authoritarian surveillance, and existential risks from rogue AI.
• •Anthropic is currently involved in ongoing legal challenges and appeals with the U.S. government regarding a supply chain risk designation.