Personal Finance / Investing Some offers on this page are from advertisers who pay us, which may affect which products we write about, but not our recommendations. See our Advertiser Disclosure. Anthropic IPO: What to know before you buy the stock Hal Bundrick, CFP® · Senior Writer July 15, 2026 4 min read Anthropic, the AI research company behind Claude, could launch its initial public offering as soon as October.
Bloomberg reported July 15 that the company is scheduling meetings with investors in preparation for its stock market debut. Anthropic confidentially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission one week before staunch competitor OpenAI, which hasn't yet announced its market opening date. With the latest private funding round of $65 billion, valuing the company at $965 billion, Anthropic is widely expected to achieve an IPO valuation of $1 trillion or more, in line with OpenAI's expectations but far short of SpaceX's valuation of more than $2 trillion.
Here is the latest information available on the highly anticipated Anthropic IPO. Read more: Create a stock-investing strategy in 3 steps 1. Watch for more details in Anthropic's S-1 filing The financial details of the SEC filing for an initial public offering will be released at least 15 days before a company's roadshow — its pitch to institutional investors.
That could be weeks or months, depending on when Anthropic aims to launch its IPO. Once it's public, investors will likely be able to see key financial data, including revenue, losses, user data, growth trajectory, and risk factors. 2. Claude trails ChatGPT and Gemini, but competition is growing Anthropic's AI tool, Claude, was released in 2023, a few months after OpenAI's ChatGPT, and has since grown into a widely used alternative.
ChatGPT has maintained its lead in the space, with a 50% share of website visits among leading AI platforms in March 2026. However, that's down from 66% in July 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Google's Gemini had a 22% share in March, while Claude had 10% of the market.
Read more: OpenAI IPO: 6 things to know before you buy the stock 3. Anthropic says Claude 'builds itself' Anthropic says that AI skills are improving at an astounding rate. The company estimates that the number of tasks AI can reliably complete on its own is doubling about every four months.
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