Anthropic files for a listing on Wall Street
Following in the footsteps of SpaceX, the company behind Claude has also filed documents in confidence with a view to going public
It had been in the air for weeks. Now, the move is a reality. And following in SpaceX’s footsteps, another of the new giants of the American tech world is racing towards Wall Street. The former start-up Anthropic, known for its chatbot Claude – widely regarded as the true rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT – has announced that it has confidentially filed paperwork for an IPO in the United States, effectively ushering in a new phase in the financial competition within the sector.
The deal comes at a time when the markets are increasingly rewarding companies linked to artificial intelligence, which are seen as the new driving force behind global technological transformation. In recent months, the sector has attracted unprecedented levels of capital, fuelling increasingly fierce competition for computing infrastructure, data centres, advanced semiconductors and specialist talent.
Returning to Anthropic, it should be noted that the company founded by Daniela and Dario Amodei has not disclosed either the size of the offering or a potential valuation. However, the closest reference point remains the private funding round completed a few days ago, when the company raised capital at a post-money valuation of approximately $965 billion. A figure which, at least in the private market, would place it ahead of OpenAI.
In any case, it seems quite possible that, much like SpaceX, Anthropic could also make its debut on Wall Street with a market capitalisation that would immediately place it among the trillion-dollar companies. Judging by the figures alone, this growth has been incredibly rapid. Last February, Anthropic was valued at around $380 billion following a $30 billion funding round. In just a few months, the valuation has almost tripled, confirming just how much investors are betting on the ability of AI platforms to impact various sectors (starting with the software sector).
Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI executives, has become one of the most closely watched companies in the AI ecosystem thanks to its Claude model family and the substantial investment it has received from several major technology and financial firms. The company, which, like OpenAI, is based in San Francisco, places great emphasis on the safety and reliability of generative models, an issue that has also become central to the regulatory debate in the United States and Europe in recent months.
