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Anthropic Selects Nasdaq for Planned IPO as Claude Maker Eyes Record Offering

September 14, 2026 at 19:13 EDT

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Anthropic PBC has selected Nasdaq for its planned initial public offering, setting up one of the most closely watched public-market tests of the generative AI boom. The Claude maker is preparing for a potential record listing as soon as October 2026, even as investors and technologists scrutinize the cost, safety and governance of frontier AI.

September 2026 · Anthropic

Nasdaq Gets the Claude IPO

Anthropic has picked Nasdaq for a planned public debut that could test investor appetite for frontier AI at record scale. The offering is being weighed against rapid Claude adoption, opaque financials and a live safety debate.

$100B

Possible IPO raise

$2T

Possible valuation

$47B

Annualized revenue

$2.5B+

Claude Code run rate

Possible IPO Size vs. Record Benchmark

$86.3B

SpaceX June IPO

Up to $100B

Anthropic possible raise

Each segment represents about $10B.

Path to Market

Nasdaq selected

Financials due 15+ days before road show

Public-market test

Growth Case

Claude adoption spans coding, enterprise workflows and major cloud platforms, with more than 500 annualized $1M-plus customers disclosed earlier this year.

Watch Points

The prospectus must clarify margins, training costs, revenue sharing, share structure and how safety commitments fit a public-company timetable.

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