Anthropic files confidential IPO documents with US securities regulator

Anthropic filed private documents with US regulators on 1 June 2026, taking its first official step toward a stock market listing. The San Francisco AI company plans to list on the Nasdaq or NYSE. It is now targeting November 2026 for the listing, after pushing back an earlier October date. Anthropic wants to show strong financial results for the third quarter before going public. The company could raise up to $100 billion, which would make it the largest IPO in history. Its private value has already reached nearly $965 billion. Anthropic earns between $47 billion and $65 billion per year. Amazon and Alphabet, Google's parent company, are both major investors. Anthropic owns the Claude AI platform and focuses on building AI safely.