Anastasios predicts Anthropic will go public before OpenAI, potentially as soon as October 2026.
“I would predict that they that they have all the incentives to go out first. They seem better prepared. Everyone likes to see free cash flow, and Anthropic is generating free cash flow. That is massively good for the public markets. And you've seen them prepared for this and, you know, there's been quite a bit of news about OpenAI and the internal discussions there. You know, to what extent you believe those are true is up to you. But, you know, people are saying that they're not they they haven't been ready to IPO this year whereas Anthropic could come as as soon as October.”
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disputableAnthropic completes an IPO before OpenAI does, with Anthropic's IPO occurring by October 2026.
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