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#AnthropicIPOOnNasdaq Anthropic is reportedly targeting an October Nasdaq IPO, with filings expected near the end of September and roadshows potentially beginning in mid-October. Discussions involve raising as much as $100 billion at a valuation close to $2 trillion, which would make the offering one of the largest public-market events in history. Nvidia is reportedly considering an anchor investment of up to $10 billion. The IPO would test whether public investors are willing to assign infrastructure-scale valuations to frontier AI companies. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has also called for a slower pace of frontier AI development until safety governance improves. That position could become a competitive advantage if customers value responsible deployment, but it may also create tension with investors demanding rapid product growth. The central question is whether safety governance becomes a moat—or a constraint on revenue expansion and iteration speed.