Anthropic Files Confidentially for IPO
Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, days after a funding round valued the Claude maker at $965 billion.
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Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has confidentially filed paperwork for a proposed initial public offering, positioning one of the world’s most valuable AI startups for a potential stock market debut.
The company said on Monday that it had submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO of its common stock.
“Today, Anthropic, PBC confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of our common stock,” the company said. “This gives us the option to go public after the SEC completes its review.”
Anthropic said the number of shares and the price range for any offering had not been determined. The IPO would depend on market conditions and other factors, the company said.
The filing comes days after Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round that valued the company at $965 billion. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, with participation from investors including Capital Group, Coatue and D1 Capital Partners.
A confidential filing allows a company to start the SEC review process without immediately disclosing its financial statements, risk factors, governance structure and ownership details. If Anthropic proceeds, it would later file a public S-1 with those disclosures.
Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic has grown into one of the leading developers of large language models. The company has pushed deeper into enterprise AI through Claude and Claude Code, with demand from business customers helping lift its run-rate revenue to more than $47 billion in early May.
Anthropic is also expanding access to Claude Mythos Preview, its advanced cybersecurity model, through Project Glasswing. Partners have identified more than 10,000 severe software flaws using the system.
Anthropic said the IPO announcement was made under Rule 135 of the Securities Act of 1933 and does not constitute an offer to sell securities or a solicitation to buy them. Any offering would proceed only after the SEC review process and in line with securities regulations.
