Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns AI model maker Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO, driven by significant private investor demand and the high capital costs associated with training and serving AI models. Co-founder Daniela Amodei believes the public market is essential for companies advancing AI frontiers. Despite revenue growth, the company acknowledges the potential for corporations to curb AI spending, but Amodei remains optimistic about AI’s long-term value realization.

• Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO.
• The company’s recent $65 billion fundraise at a $965 billion valuation was greatly oversubscribed.
• Co-founder Daniela Amodei cites capital needs for AI model training and inference as a driver for seeking public market access.
• Annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, a significant increase from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025.
• Amodei believes businesses are still in the early stages of effectively deploying AI.
• Anthropic is not building its own data centers, preferring to manage compute capacity cautiously.
• The company partnered with xAI for compute capacity, costing $1.25 billion per month. Continue reading https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/ahead-of-its-ipo-anthropics-daniela-amodei-shrugs-off-doubts-about-ais-returns/