Anthropic’s IPO could make its founders worth up to $200 billion, and critics are watching where the money goes

A ZeroHedge piece argues the listing will supercharge Effective Altruism-linked influence as founder stakes become liquid Anthropic, the company behind the Claude models, is heading for the public markets. If projected valuations hold, its seven cofounders could collectively sit on roughly $150 billion to $200 billion in equity. That kind of money buys a lot of things. According to a sharply critical piece published by ZeroHedge, one of those things could be political influence for the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, the philanthropic network that has long orbited the company. What the filing shows Anthropic submitted its S-1 registration statement to the SEC on October 26, 2026. The company plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ‘ANT’. The timeline is brisk. Marketing to investors is set to begin the week of November 9, with trading expected by the week of November 16, 2026. Market projections put Anthropic’s value somewhere between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion. The offering could raise as much as $100 billion, which would place it among the largest IPOs on record. The filing itself leaves some blanks. It does not disclose a price range or a final share count, so every valuat...