Anthropic files for IPO even as losses surge to $80B

Anthropic, one of the leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies and operating the large language model - Claude, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) as it goes closer to become a publicly listed company. The company will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and will trade under the symbol of Ant. Anthropic was co-founded by Dario Amodei and others in 2021 and for the six months of 2026 it reported a revenue of $16.2 billion even as losses touched $80.74 billion.