Business and economy·June 2, 2026, 09:47

Anthropic quietly moves toward IPO at multibillion-dollar valuation

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Anthropic has confidentially filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a first step toward going public. A listing is expected no earlier than fall 2026.

AI company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, announced on Monday, June 1, 2026, that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is the first formal step toward going public, which would allow ordinary investors to buy shares in the company.

The number of shares and the price have not been set. Anthropic says an IPO depends on market conditions and other factors. According to the company, the filing gives it the option to go public once the SEC has completed its review. A listing is expected no earlier than fall 2026.

Why confidential?

A confidential filing means the company can prepare without publicly disclosing detailed financials and risks in advance.

Record valuation and growth

Shortly before the filing, Anthropic closed a funding round, called Series H, of $65 billion. It values the company at $965 billion after the investment (post-money). The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Coatue and D1 Capital Partners, among others.

According to Yahoo Finance, the valuation makes Anthropic the world's most valuable startup, ahead of rival OpenAI. The same source reports that SpaceX is also expected to go public this year at around $1.75 trillion.

Anthropic also says its annual revenue run rate is above $47 billion. Run rate is a projection of what current revenue amounts to on an annual basis. At the end of 2025, the figure was $9 billion.

Mixed Asian markets

In Asian stock markets on June 2, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 2.28 percent and the Shanghai Composite gained 0.43 percent, while Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.3 percent. South Korea's market opened higher but ended lower.

Analyst Fabien Yip told TS2 Tech that AI demand continued to support tech and chip stocks in the region, but that the moves looked more like profit-taking after a sharp rally than new AI enthusiasm. The sources do not directly link the stock gains to the Anthropic news.

An executive from IPOX told TS2 Tech that the timing gives Anthropic an opportunity to capitalize on strong investor interest in AI.