Anthropic Eyes Record IPO With S-1 Filing as Soon as Friday

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, may publicly file its S-1 prospectus as early as Friday, October 24, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter. The move would set up what could be the largest IPO in history, with the offering expected to raise more than SpaceX’s June listing. The company had already submitted confidential paperwork to U.S. regulators in June, laying the groundwork for this step.

The listing arrives at a delicate moment. Investors are growing uneasy about the enormous sums flowing into AI infrastructure, and Anthropic’s debut is being watched as a pressure test for market enthusiasm. Its valuation is reportedly being pitched toward the $2 trillion mark, a figure that would place it among the world’s most valuable companies and far above most listed peers.

Anthropic has built its reputation on safety-focused research and enterprise customers, positioning Claude as a rival to OpenAI’s models. A successful float could unlock fresh capital for compute and talent at a time when competition for both is fierce, while a weak reception would send a chill through the sector.

For global readers, the filing is more than a financial milestone: it is the clearest signal yet of whether public markets are willing to price AI at the scale its builders have promised.