Anthropic's bankers have told potential investors the company could seek to raise more than $100 billion in its stock market debut, at a valuation of about $2 trillion. That would be the largest public offering on record, ahead of SpaceX's June listing. The figures come from unnamed people describing confidential talks and are not confirmed by the company.
What changed
Anthropic was valued at $900 billion in a private funding round earlier this year and filed to go public in June.
- over $100bn sought in IPO
- $2tn potential valuation
- $900bn private round this year
- nytimes.com2026-08-21