AI company Anthropic is planning an IPO and parts of a leaked prospectus reveal risks with agent Claude.
The Financial Times and Reuters have obtained parts of Anthropic's planned IPO prospectus, which warns that AI agent Claude could pose existential risks to humanity and engage in extortion.
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Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic competes with OpenAI, Google and Meta, among others.
The Financial Times and Reuters have been given access to parts of the prospectus that Anthropic will release ahead of the planned IPO.
According to the paper, a third of the prospectus given to investors contains risks of what its agent Claude can do, such as "pose existential risks to humanity", but also engage in extortion, manipulation and other contingencies.
Could be the highest rated ever
The company made a loss of $8 billion in 2025, and had $46 billion in revenue.
With a valuation of around 2,000 billion dollars, the company is expected to be the highest valued IPO ever.
Reuters has previously reported, citing sources, that an IPO may only become relevant after the mid-term elections in the United States in November. According to Reuters, Anthropic declined to comment on the data.
Warned that man's role is diminishing
American Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees and now competes with, among others, OpenAI, Google and Meta.
The company has previously warned that there are signs that the role of humans is diminishing with each step in the development process of AI and that there is a risk that humans will eventually lose control of the systems.
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An IPO may become relevant after the mid-term elections in the US in November.
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