According to the Financial Times, Anthropic is beginning preparations for an IPO as early as 2026 — hiring the same law firm that led the IPOs of Google and LinkedIn, while investors are pushing for Claude’s creator to hit the market before OpenAI.
Anthropic has reportedly engaged Wilson Sonsini, known for taking some of the largest tech giants public. CFO Krishna Rao, who previously helped Airbnb go public, now leads the internal preparation and “change checklist” required for the IPO.
The company is simultaneously seeking a new round of private capital with a valuation above $300 billion, while Microsoft and Nvidia are reportedly considering investing up to $15 billion collectively.
OpenAI is also preparing its path to the stock market, with a potential valuation of up to $1 trillion, which would place it among the largest tech IPOs in history.
These two AI giants are now entering a race where their IPOs could shape the perception of the entire industry — especially at a time when talks of a potential “AI bubble” are growing and the sustainability of their massive valuations is being questioned.
In Brief: Tech World Highlights
- Over 800 residents of Chicago signed a petition urging the city to pause its pilot sidewalk delivery robot program until officials release safety and ADA data.
- The ARM Institute signed a five-year collaboration agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory worth up to $87 million for research and development.
- Two teenagers from Lisbon built a six-legged AI reforestation robot that climbs burned slopes, analyzes soil, and plants saplings in one of Europe’s most fire-affected countries.
- Elon Musk now says Tesla will “roughly double” its supervised Robotaxi fleet in Austin to about 60 vehicles next month, far below his promise of 500 vehicles by year-end.
- Zipline signed a $150 million contract with the U.S. government to expand its drone infrastructure across Africa and deliver essential medical supplies directly to hospitals by air.
AI Trending Tools:
- Mistral 3 – Mistral’s new family of open-source models.
- Amazon Nova – Four new models with services for training custom versions.
- Lux – OpenAGI’s powerful new model for computer use and agentic tasks.
