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Anthropic Confidentially Files for US IPO
The artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot submitted its filing on Monday, weeks after completing a funding round that more than doubled its valuation from February. Anthropic did not disclose the size or terms of the offering. The move comes as the global IPO market reaches its strongest start since 2021.
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Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The AI company, which operates the Claude chatbot and is headquartered in California, did not disclose the size or terms of the offering in its filing.
The company announced on Thursday that it had raised $65 billion in a funding round completed in late May. That round valued the company at a $965 billion post-money valuation, more than double the $380 billion valuation it carried after raising $30 billion in February.
Its latest funding round drew backing from Blackstone, Brookfield, D1 Capital Partners, GIC, General Catalyst and Insight Partners. According to the Financial Times, an IPO at a valuation near $1 trillion would rank among the largest stock market debuts in years.
The filing comes as Anthropic and OpenAI are both preparing to go public. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is not focused on the timing of a potential initial public offering for the ChatGPT maker and that the company will go public when it makes sense to do so.
Anthropic amended its core safety principle amid growing competition in the sector.
