Anthropic Keeps IPO Plans Alive as $2 Trillion Valuation Talk Meets AI Safety Backlash

Anthropic is still moving toward what could become a record-setting public offering, even as its own leadership and rivals call for a slower frontier AI race. The Claude maker has selected Nasdaq for a potential IPO and has been discussed around a valuation of about $2 trillion, though Anthropic has not publicly set the number of shares, price or final timing.