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AI cosmos
June 1, 2026, 7:59 p.mJune 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m
The AI company Anthropic, which is the closest rival to ChatGPT developer OpenAI in artificial intelligence (AI), is heading for the stock market. An application for a share placement was initially submitted confidentially, as Anthropic announced.
This means that business information initially remains under lock and key while the documents are examined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The IPO could be one of the three largest this year. Anthropic recently completed a $65 billion financing round at a total valuation of $900 billion.
OpenAI is also said to have stock market ambitions that could be of similar dimensions. Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX, which has now also incorporated his AI company xAI, could go public as early as mid-June. According to media reports, the aim is for a total valuation of up to $1.8 trillion. With expected proceeds of up to $80 billion, it would be by far the largest IPO.
At the same time, there are still doubts as to whether the investments of hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure for artificial intelligence can ultimately be earned back. (sda/dpa)