AI company: Stock prospectus presented: Anthropic initiates its mega IPO

Düsseldorf, New York, San Francisco. Anthropic's planned IPO is taking more and more shape. The San Francisco-based company focused on artificial intelligence (AI) filed its long-awaited prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The developer of the chatbot Claude is aiming for a listing on the US technology exchange Nasdaq under the symbol “ANT”.

The stock market debut (IPO) is expected by the end of the year at the latest. The prospectus does not mention a specific date, nor does it specify the desired valuation. It is expected that this could be on a similar level to that of the space company SpaceX. Elon Musk's company went public in June at a record valuation of $1.77 trillion.

Anthropic's IPO is an important test of sentiment for the entire AI market. The debut of its biggest competitor, OpenAI, is expected to follow next year.

What is most new is a look at the current year. For the first time, Anthropic is presenting official figures for 2026: In the first half of the year, the company had sales of 16.3 billion dollars, after 1.2 billion in the same period last year. In the second quarter alone, sales increased more than fourteen-fold. The net loss is $80.75 billion.