Anthropic files public application for Wall Street listing

Anthropic has filed a public application to list its shares on Wall Street, a step that could bring the maker of Claude to the stock market later this year. The company had previously submitted a confidential filing, allowing regulators to begin a preliminary review, ANP reported.

The listing could be the largest ever, according to the report, although no size or valuation was given. Anthropic had earlier postponed its plans.

The move comes as AI companies face scrutiny over the high cost of investment and the debt used to fund it. OpenAI, Anthropic’s major rival, also plans to go public, but said last month it would not do so this year. Chief executive Sam Altman described the timing as an “unfortunate moment” while the company addressed safety issues with its technology, ANP reported.

Other planned stock-market listings for later this year have also been cancelled amid concerns about AI spending and associated debt, the report said. The record for the largest listing has belonged to rocket and satellite company SpaceX since June, when it raised $75 billion.