AI startup company Anthropic plans to hold an IPO investor meeting, with a valuation rising to $96.5 billion.

According to sources familiar with the matter, the artificial intelligence startup company Anthropic PBC is planning to meet with investors before its initial public offering (IPO) to prepare for a potential large IPO and join the trend of AI companies going public. Sources said that the investment bank responsible for the IPO has already begun arranging meetings between Anthropic management and investors in the coming weeks. Due to the information not yet being public, the sources requested anonymity. Earlier reports suggested that Anthropic could launch its IPO as early as October this year. If the IPO goes ahead as planned, Anthropic will beat its main competitor OpenAI to completing an IPO. Previous reports indicated that OpenAI has pushed back its planned IPO from fall 2026 to 2027. It is worth mentioning that both companies have already submitted their IPO applications in secret. However, sources mentioned that Anthropic is still in the internal discussion phase, and the specific timing and arrangement of the IPO are subject to adjustments. A spokesperson for Anthropic declined to comment on the matter. In recent years, driven by the rapid commercialization of the Claude series of large language models, especially in the field of AI programming assistance tools, Anthropic's revenue has seen rapid growth, laying the foundation for going public. However, the company still faces some policy uncertainty. The Trump administration had previously briefly restricted foreign users from accessing two of Anthropic's core AI models, and Anthropic had also sued the U.S. Department of Defense, opposing its classification of the company as a potential threat to U.S. supply chain security. According to sources, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and JPMorgan Chase will be the main underwriters for Anthropic's IPO. After completing its latest round of financing in May, Anthropic's valuation has risen to $96.5 billion, making it one of the highest-valued privately held technology companies globally.