{"id":135723,"date":"2026-08-11T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/135723\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:55:12","slug":"anthropic-openai-said-to-be-racing-for-public-markets-reports-of-pre-ipo-moves-tell-very-different-stories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/135723\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic, OpenAI Said To Be Racing For Public Markets: Reports Of Pre-IPO Moves Tell Very Different Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic executives are reportedly reassuring critics over its growth strategy, Chinese competition and tensions with the Trump administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5 on July 21 and OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 on July 24, while Google has yet to launch its much-anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro model.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Retail traders are increasingly turning to EFs such as AGIX, VCX, and DXYZ, which hold Anthropic stock, ahead of its mega listing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic is meeting potential investors to shore up confidence in its initial public offering (IPO) and could launch the share sale in September or early October, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">As the AI leader moves ahead and rival OpenAI appears to be delaying its IPO, traders are turning to exchange traded funds that offer exposure to its private stocks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/newsletters\" data-ylk=\"slk:See%20what%2010M%2B%20investors%20are%20talking%20about.%20Get%20the%20Stocktwits%20Daily%20Rip%20for%20what%20retail%20is%20watching%20right%20now%2C%20free%20to%20your%20inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See what 10M+ investors are talking about. Get the Stocktwits Daily Rip for what retail is watching right now, free to your inbox<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Funds such as KraneShares Artificial Intelligence &amp; Technology ETF (AGIX), Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCX), and Destiny Tech 100 Inc (DXYZ) have become popular on Stocktwits of late. The watcher count for AGIX increased a whopping 226% in the last three months, while that for VCX increased 22% and DXYZ increased 11%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">To be sure, VCX and DXYZ also have exposure to OpenAI, with developments at both AI companies helping drive momentum in the ETFs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In a separate report on Monday, Bloomberg reported, citing a source, that OpenAI just completed a $7 billion buyback of company shares held by current and former employees. The deal reportedly valued the AI firm at $852 billion.  <\/p>\n<p>        Anthropic&#8217;s IPO Push          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In the investor talk, Anthropic executives are said to be reassuring critics about its pace of growth, strategies, and other issues such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/news-articles\/markets\/equity\/more-pressure-for-open-ai-anthropic-googl-china-latest-ai-sensation-kimi-k3-to-become-open-weight\/cZZxB0OR7C0\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent%20popularity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;recent popularity&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">recent popularity<\/a> of cheaper AI systems from China and tensions with the Donald Trump administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic has recently emerged as the front-runner in that race, but there is also a backlash against the company in Silicon Valley, where many chief executives have grown nervous about its power over the AI ecosystem.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The U.S. government briefly banned Anthropic&#8217;s Mythos model by foreign entities amid concerns that it could compromise encryption and risk cybersecurity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Still, its lead is being closely watched. The company said in May that its annualized revenue run rate had surpassed $4.7 billion earlier that month.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">In recent weeks, Anthropic has struck a series of new computing agreements with companies including SpaceX and Google. Usage data indicates that demand for Claude Code and its other products has remained strong, while the company has also experienced intermittent outages this year, according to the Journal.  <\/p>\n<p>         OpenAI Playing Catch Up         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">OpenAI has accelerated both its product rollout and enterprise push over the past few months, launching GPT-5.6 in July, merging the Codex coding agent into its ChatGPT desktop app and adding features including multi-repository projects and pull-request reviews.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company also launched ChatGPT Health, expanded its enterprise partner network with a $150 million investment, and introduced a deployment unit through the acquisition of AI consultancy Tomoro.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">More recently, OpenAI expanded access to its latest models, giving free users GPT-5.6 Luna while improving GPT-5.6 Sol for paid subscribers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5 on July 21. In contrast, Google has yet to launch its much-anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro model.  <\/p>\n<p>          Retail View, Valuation         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">On Stocktwits, retail sentiment was &#8216;bearish&#8217; for Anthropic and &#8216;bullish&#8217; for OpenAI.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Anthropic is valued at $1.13 trillion, compared to OpenAI&#8217;s private market valuation of $847.96 billion, according to data from Nasdaq Private Market.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Read Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/news-articles\/markets\/equity\/nvidia-ceo-calls-ai-data-centers-investable-assets-after-partnership-with-wall-street-firms-for-500-b-financing-venture\/cZoZSVKRJfp\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nvidia%20CEO%20Calls%20AI%20Data%20Centers%20&#039;Investable%20Assets&#039;%20After%20Partnership%20With%20Wall%20Street%20Firms%20For%20%24500B%20Financing%20Venture;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nvidia CEO Calls AI Data Centers &#039;Investable Assets&#039; After Partnership With Wall Street Firms For $500B Financing Venture&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nvidia CEO Calls AI Data Centers &#8216;Investable Assets&#8217; After Partnership With Wall Street Firms For $500B Financing Venture<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Yuvraj Malik has no position in any of the stocks mentioned in this article. 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