Anthropic selects Nasdaq for potential IPO, Business Insider reports

13 Sep 2026: Business Insider reported Anthropic has selected Nasdaq for its potential IPO, citing a person familiar with the company’s plans. The piece says Anthropic has been targeting an October listing. Anthropic has not publicly confirmed the exchange or date; the confidential filing is still not public.

13 Sep 2026: Business Insider’s Katie Roof reported that Anthropic has selected Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. That dated Roof dispatch — page timestamp 13 Sep 2026, 16:01 UTC — is the filing event. This is anonymous-sourced reporting. Anthropic has not publicly confirmed the exchange or a listing date. This desk does not treat the tip as a company announcement, a priced deal, or a roadshow already underway.

Business Insider says the company has been targeting an October listing. File the target as BI’s reporting from that person familiar. Do not read it as a locked calendar date or as an official Anthropic timetable.

BI notes Nasdaq also secured the SpaceX listing earlier this year. The same piece cites SpaceX valued at $1.75 trillion and says some estimates have put Anthropic at $2 trillion, though that figure has not yet been finalized. Keep the $2 trillion line as a reported estimate — not a locked deal term, not an IPO price, and not a finalized valuation.

Same-cycle context only, as BI frames it: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said now would be an ill-advised moment for OpenAI to go public amid AI safety controversy. That Altman interview is already filed as openai-altman-no-ipo-2026. This filing is the Anthropic exchange-selection tip only.

BI: Anthropic’s IPO filing has not yet been made public. The company will need to release financials at least 15 days before it begins its investor road show. File the still-private filing and the 15-day rule as BI’s account. Do not claim the confidential filing is public or that the road show has started.

Reuters (13 Sep, Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru) repeats the Business Insider report — Anthropic selected Nasdaq for a potential IPO, citing a person familiar with the company’s plans — without adding a new primary company confirmation.

REPORTED here: Business Insider’s 13 Sep piece by Katie Roof, sourced to a person familiar, plus the same-day Reuters pickup. NOT claimed: that Anthropic announced Nasdaq, that the IPO is priced, that it is priced at $2 trillion, that a roadshow has started, or that a raise size, bank syndicate, or ticker is known. Distinct from the already-filed zai-5b-hong-kong-raise, openai-altman-no-ipo-2026, and amodei-pace-the-frontier.

Same-day named exchange selection for one of the largest prospective AI IPOs — still anonymous-sourced reporting, filed with clear attribution and no confirmation upgrade.