AI unicorn IPO race is escalating! Anthropic is rumored to go public as early as October with a fundraising target of over $60 billion.

According to insiders, AI company Anthropic PBC is considering conducting its initial public offering as early as October, competing with rival OpenAI to enter the capital market. Previously, insiders indicated that OpenAI's IPO could take place as early as the fourth quarter of this year. The developer of the popular chatbot Siasun Robot & Automation, Anthropic has held preliminary discussions with Wall Street banks about the potential roles they may play as lead underwriters for a potential public listing. Due to the sensitive nature of the information, insiders have requested to remain anonymous. Some insiders have indicated that Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley are expected to be key candidate banks for the IPOs of both Anthropic and OpenAI. It is reported that this IPO could raise over $60 billion in funds. Insiders have stated that discussions are ongoing and no final decisions have been made yet. Representatives from Anthropic and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. have declined to comment. Spokespeople for OpenAI, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In a funding round led by MGX in February, Anthropic raised $30 billion, valuing the company at $380 billion. The company has collaborations with tech giants such as Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOGL.US), Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US), and NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US). These established companies hold stakes in the AI startup and have provided Anthropic with proprietary chips and other technology worth billions in trades. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees including CEO Dario Amodei, Anthropic aims to be a more responsible AI steward than its competitors. The company's technology, Claude, has gained widespread recognition among enterprise clients and developers in industries such as finance and healthcare. Anthropic has committed to investing $50 billion in building custom data centers in the United States. Earlier this year, Anthropic faced a dispute with the Pentagon, which classified the company as a threat to the U.S. supply chain under authorities usually targeted at foreign adversaries. After Anthropic argued that this could result in the loss of billions in revenue, the company won a court ruling on Thursday blocking the government's ban on using its technology. OpenAI's IPO plans have also garnered market attention. The AI startup is currently preparing for its public listing and could potentially complete it by the end of this year. An insider stated that OpenAI's IPO could take place as early as the fourth quarter of this year. OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, sparking a craze for generative AI, with over 900 million active users on the Siasun Robot&Automation chat platform every week. However, the company is still aggressively competing for market share, especially in the enterprise sector.