Elon Musk’s space company went public in June at a value of US$1.77 trillion and raised US$85.7 billion in its blockbuster initial public offering, the largest in history.
Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI models, “expects to match or beat the size” of SpaceX’s deal, according to Bloomberg.
The company’s bankers have told potential investors it could seek to raise “more than US$100 billion” in its IPO, which could put the company’s value at US$2 trillion, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the talks.
That would more than double the five-year-old company’s previous valuation at US$965 billion, reached in its last funding round in June.
Only a handful of companies including Apple, Microsoft and chip maker Nvidia have surpassed the US$2 trillion mark.
Anthropic declined AFP’s request for comment.
After filing to go public in June, the company could reveal its public offering prospectus in the coming weeks, the Times reported, with shares possibly listed in the autumn.
Anthropic could then beat OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to market.
That company is hoping to list its shares in 2027. (AFP)
