Anthropic Readies October IPO Led by Goldman, JPMorgan
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- Anthropic is scheduling meetings between its executives and prospective investors ahead of a potential October IPO, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke to CNBC.
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase — Wall Street's top three banks by revenue — are leading the offering.
- The company confidentially filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC last month, though an Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment on the timing.
- Anthropic appears poised to beat OpenAI to public markets; OpenAI also filed confidentially in June but has revealed no additional details.
- Anthropic closed a $65 billion funding round in May at a $965 billion valuation, surpassing OpenAI's $852 billion valuation for the first time.
- Founded in 2021 by OpenAI defectors, Anthropic has gained traction selling its Claude Code coding assistant to enterprises.
- A listing would build on momentum from June's massive SpaceX IPO, further opening public markets to companies at the center of the AI boom.
Why it matters: At a $965 billion valuation, Anthropic would enter public markets richer than OpenAI's $852 billion private mark — a reversal that rewards Anthropic's enterprise Claude Code traction more than OpenAI's consumer reach. Underwriting fees would flow to Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan, deepening the AI spending boom's contribution to a Wall Street profit resurgence the article highlights.
