📈Anthropic IPO Slips to Mid-October, Just Before Midterms
TL;DR
Anthropic will start marketing its IPO in mid-October at the earliest and list days before the November US midterms, Reuters reports. Some investors peg the company above $2 trillion, though that figure comes from their own models, not from Anthropic.
Anthropic will start marketing its IPO in mid-October at the earliest and list days before the November US midterms, Reuters reports. Some investors peg the company above $2 trillion, though that figure comes from their own models, not from Anthropic.

Key Points
Marketing starts mid-October at the earliest, with the listing days before the November midterms
Confidential S-1 went to the SEC in June 2026
Investor chatter puts the valuation above $2T; Anthropic has not named a number
Last private mark was $965B post-money in May 2026
Run-rate revenue crossed $47B in May, up from roughly $10B for all of 2025
Why It Matters
This is the first real public-market price on a frontier lab, and every private AI valuation gets remarked against whatever number Anthropic prints.
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