Anthropic Targets October Nasdaq Debut at $2 Trillion Valuation Despite AI Safety Concerns

Anthropic is proceeding with an October Nasdaq listing at a projected $2 trillion valuation—potentially the largest IPO in history—even as AI safety concerns dominate industry discussion and rival OpenAI delays its public market plans. The artificial intelligence company founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei has selected Nasdaq as its exchange and recruited Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters for the offering, according to reports on September 14. Anthropic filed a confidential S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, marking the formal start of its public offering process.