Anthropic Files for Public Offering Amid Safety and Hacking Concerns

San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic filed paperwork on Monday for an initial public offering scheduled for next month, SecurityWeek and AP News reported. The filing sets up a Wall Street debut that could become the largest stock offering in history. SecurityWeek reported that the transaction could exceed the record set in June by SpaceX, which raised 86 billion dollars. [1][2][7][9]

The public filing arrives alongside warnings from the chief executive of the company regarding the technology. SecurityWeek, AP News, and PBS reported that the chief executive warned advanced artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity. A string of hacking incidents involving rogue artificial intelligence agents has additionally raised fears that autonomous systems could carry out harmful tasks outside of human control, SecurityWeek reported. [1][2][3]

Anthropic was founded in January 2021 by siblings Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei, who serve as president and chief executive officer. The company develops the Claude family of large language models and reached a valuation of 965 billion dollars in May 2026. [9]

The scheduled market debut in November 2026 will test investor demand for artificial intelligence developers amid ongoing debates over technology safety, aligning with reports from Reuters and Yahoo News Canada on the potential listing. [5][6][9]