Anthropic Files for Record $2 Trillion IPO With Unprecedented AI Risk Warnings

Anthropic, developer of the Claude AI assistant, filed for an initial public offering on October 26 that could break records at a $2 trillion valuation, but the confidential prospectus devoted roughly 80 pages—more than one-third of the filing—to warnings that its AI models could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity. The offering could raise as much as $100 billion, potentially exceeding SpaceX's record $86 billion IPO from June 2026. Anthropic will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker "ANT."