Anthropic Could File IPO This Month, Even Beat SpaceX Record

Anthropic expects its initial public offering to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting listing, according to people familiar with the matter, as preparations for the Claude developer's market debut speed up.

The artificial intelligence (AI) company could file publicly for the offering as soon as the end of August. Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao sidestepped valuation questions during recent investor briefings, the people said.

Anthropic IPO Faces a $75 Billion Benchmark

SpaceX sold 555.56 million shares at $135 each in June, raising $75 billion. That valued Elon Musk's rocket company near $1.77 trillion and set the record for the largest US listing. The stock closed its first Nasdaq session at $161.

Bloomberg first reported the size expectation on Thursday. Matching that raise would force Anthropic to sell tens of billions in stock, and the company has already borrowed one part of the SpaceX blueprint by planning supervoting shares for founders.