Anthropic eyes October IPO in race with OpenAI as Claude AI maker targets $60 billion raise

Claude AI maker Anthropic considers IPO as soon as October - The Economic Times

Anthropic PBC is considering going public as soon as in October, according to people familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence company races with rival OpenAI to hold an initial public offering. The maker of the popular Claude chatbot has had early discussions with Wall Street banks about taking leading roles on a potential listing, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public. Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley are expected to be under consideration for key roles on Anthropic and OpenAI's listings, some of the people said. The Information reported earlier on the timing of Anthropic's IPO. A listing could raise more than $60 billion, according to the report. Deliberations are ongoing and no final decisions have been made, the people said. Representatives for Anthropic, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan declined to comment. Spokespeople for OpenAI and Morgan Stanley didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Anthropic was valued at $380 billion in a $30 billion funding round co-led by MGX that closed in February. It has partnerships with Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp. These established firms have taken stakes in the AI startup, and have given Anthropic specialized chips and other technology in deals worth tens of billions of dollars. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI staffers including Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei, Anthropic has aimed to be a more responsible AI steward than its competitors. Claude and its underlying technology have gained traction with enterprise customers in sectors like finance and health care, as well as with developers. Anthropic has pledged to spend $50 billion to build custom data centers in the US. Anthropic ran afoul of the Pentagon earlier this year, which had declared the company a threat to the US supply chain under an authority normally reserved for foreign adversaries. The company won a court order on Thursday blocking the ban on government use of the technology, after Anthropic argued the move could cost it billions of dollars in lost revenue.

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By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. Some bankers expect the artificial intelligence (AI) startup to raise more than $60 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), according to the report. The company's plans could change at any time, and it could decide not to go public at all, per the report. Anthropic did not immediately reply to PYMNTS' request for comment. The company was valued at $380 billion in a Series G funding round announced in February, in which it raised $30 billion. Five months earlier, in September 2025, Anthropic was valued at $183 billion in a Series F round in which it raised $13 billion. When announcing the Series G in February, the company attributed investors' interest in part to its strength in enterprise AI and coding. It added that it would use the new funding to support that strength with continued frontier research, product development and infrastructure expansions. It was reported March 4 that Anthropic's run-rate revenue had topped $19 billion, more than double the $9 billion it achieved about three months earlier. That report said the company's growth has been driven by the popularity of its coding tool Claude Code and other AI models and products. The company said Monday (March 23) that its Claude AI model can now use customers' computers to carry out tasks such as exporting a pitch deck as a PDF file and attaching it to an invitation. On Thursday (March 26), it was reported that a federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the U.S. government's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk and its ban on federal agencies use of the company's products. A final verdict in the case in which Anthropic sued the government to reverse the ban could be months away, according to the report. On March 10, it was reported that Anthropic argued in a court hearing that it could lose billions of dollars due to the government ban on its services. An attorney for the company told the court that the government's actions had caused more than 100 customers to express concerns about continuing to engage with Anthropic.