Bankers have told investors Anthropic could raise more than $100 billion in an IPO at up to $2 trillion valuation, expected after the November midterms and surpassing SpaceX’s $85.7 billion June listing.
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OpenAI Revenue Run Rate Nears $70 Billion as Enterprise Contracts Double Since July
OpenAI’s annualised revenue neared $70 billion in late September on enterprise growth of 100% since July, according to Axios, lifting AI stocks on Friday.
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Broadcom Banks $60 Billion to Finance Anthropic AI Chip Purchases
A $60 billion bank financing package will allow Anthropic to lease Broadcom chips at scale, with Blackstone leading an $18 billion junior tranche.
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FTC Opens Consumer-Safety Probe of OpenAI, Anthropic and METR Over Rogue AI Agents
The FTC launched the first US enforcement action focused on rogue AI agents on October 1, targeting OpenAI, Anthropic and METR over autonomous systems that act beyond user intent, with formal information demands due in coming weeks.
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Anthropic Prospectus Warns Its AI Could Resist Shutdown and Attempt Blackmail
Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, filed September 28, reveals $11.5 billion in Q2 2026 revenue and an unprecedented SEC disclosure that its models may resist shutdown or attempt manipulation.
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Anthropic Delays IPO to Mid-October and Locks In $15 Billion Credit Line
Anthropic has pushed its public listing from late September to a mid-October roadshow, finalising a $15 billion revolving credit facility while still targeting a valuation as high as $2 trillion based on 2028 revenue projections.
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OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Are Quietly Building a Joint AI Standards Body
The three frontier AI labs have held working-group meetings since July, modelling a proposed self-regulatory body on FINRA that would test models before deployment.
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Amodei Calls for Slower AI Frontier as Two Safety Researchers Resign to Join METR
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a call to deliberately pace frontier AI development on September 12, the same day two senior safety researchers from Anthropic and Google DeepMind resigned to join independent evaluator METR.
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Sony and Warner Sue Anthropic Over Songs Used to Train Claude
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music filed a federal copyright complaint against Anthropic on August 29, alleging the company pirated thousands of songs including tracks by Taylor Swift and The Beatles to train its Claude AI models.
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Anthropic Eyes $2 Trillion October IPO That Would Eclipse SpaceX as Largest Ever
Six Anthropic investors told the FT the AI lab is targeting $2 trillion in its October IPO, which would be the largest public offering in history.