Anthropic Gears Up for October IPO as Investor Meetings Kick Off
Artificial intelligence titan, Anthropic, is fast-tracking its journey towards a landmark public offering. Bankers are now arranging preliminary meetings between the company executives and potential investors, signaling a possible IPO as early as October 2026. This development, initially reported by CNBC and Bloomberg on July 15, indicates that plans are well underway.
Wall Street’s heavyweights — Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase — are orchestrating the offering. They are managing the so-called “testing the waters” sessions that usually come before a formal roadshow. Anthropic confidentially filed its IPO prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month, although no official listing date has been confirmed yet.
Anthropic, the AI company behind the popular Claude family of models — including the widely-adopted coding assistant Claude Code — was last valued at a staggering $965 billion. This valuation followed a $65 billion Series H funding round in May 2026, making it the most valuable AI startup globally. A successful IPO would put Anthropic ahead of its rival, OpenAI, in reaching public markets. OpenAI also filed confidentially with the SEC in June. If Anthropic debuts at its current valuation, it would rank among the most valuable publicly traded companies worldwide.
Source: CNBC – Anthropic moves closer to mega-IPO as bankers line up investor meetings