ANTHROPIC IPO HISTORIC: First True AI Company Goes Public...

Anthropic, the five-year-old AI firm behind chatbot Claude, is preparing to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT with a valuation expected to surpass SpaceX's $1.8 trillion debut from this summer—what would be the largest IPO ever. The company reported $80.7 billion in losses against $16.3 billion in revenue during the first half of 2026, reflecting the massive infrastructure costs that have driven over $1 trillion in AI investment across the industry in a single year. Anthropic's listing marks the first major public offering by a pure-play AI company, just weeks after rival OpenAI announced similar plans.