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OpenAI Racing to Raise $30 Billion Ahead of Anthropic Listing
Artificial Intelligence // October 20, 2026

OpenAI is reportedly rushing to lockdown investors before chief competitor Anthropic goes public next month. That’s according to a report Monday (Oct. 19) by Reuters, which describes the effort as “unusually fast fundraising” that could bring OpenAI’s valuation to more than $1.4 trillion. Two sources...

Nscale Investors Seek Lower IPO Target Amid AI-Related Concerns
IPO // October 18, 2026

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale is reportedly facing pushback from investors to its IPO valuation target. Some backers are balking at the company’s initial public offering (IPO) goal of around $30 billion, instead suggesting a range of $16 billion to $19 billion, Bloomberg News reported...

NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety
Artificial Intelligence // October 15, 2026

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is calling on Anthropic to delay its initial public offering and focus its energies on artificial intelligence safety issues the company itself has highlighted. Levine made this call in a Wednesday (Oct. 14) letter addressed to Anthropic CEO Dario...

Anthropic Narrows Revenue Gap With OpenAI Ahead of Its IPO
Artificial Intelligence // October 15, 2026

In 2025, OpenAI earned nearly $3 of revenue for every dollar Anthropic did. Nine months later, Anthropic booked more in a single quarter than it did in all of last year, and it told investors it did so at a profit. That is the case...

Interviews & Exclusives
Anthropic’s IPO Filing Puts a $518 Billion Price Tag on AI Ambition

September 29, 2026
Artificial intelligence’s most anticipated initial public offering (IPO) prospectus puts numbers to a company the market has only been able to guess at. Anthropic has raised more than $125 billion privately since its founding five years ago, and the filing is the first look at how the company runs. Revenue rose 12-fold to nearly $4.6 […]

FinTechs Delay IPOs as Markets Scrutinize Revenue Models

March 26, 2026
Public listings have long been the preferred exit for FinTechs seeking new avenues to raise capital and, arguably, to enhance their visibility and reputations. And especially for payments firms, trading...

Fundamentals Beat Frenzy for FinTech IPOs in 2025

October 08, 2025
The FinTech initial public offering (IPO) market has roared back to life in 2025 after several quiet years. However, it’s not the same speculative surge that defined the last cycle....

Wall Street Bets on FinTechs Reinventing Lending, Credit and Payments

September 15, 2025
Investors are signaling that the hottest FinTech initial public offerings (IPOs) are not vehicles for frenzied, momentum-based trading but are underpinned by new architectures for traditional financial services. The transformations...

Quick Reads
Anthropic Accounting Charge Drives 80% Net Loss

October 21, 2026
Anthropic’s net loss jumped significantly to $80.7 billion in the first half of 2026, largely due to an accounting charge. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Oct. 20) by Reuters, which viewed a draft prospectus for the company’s planned initial public offering (IPO). Anthropic is expected to go public next month, with some investors now […]

OpenAI Racing to Raise $30 Billion Ahead of Anthropic Listing

October 20, 2026
OpenAI is reportedly rushing to lockdown investors before chief competitor Anthropic goes public next month. That’s according to a report Monday (Oct. 19) by Reuters, which describes the effort as...

Nscale Investors Seek Lower IPO Target Amid AI-Related Concerns

October 18, 2026
Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale is reportedly facing pushback from investors to its IPO valuation target. Some backers are balking at the company’s initial public offering (IPO) goal of around...

NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic to Delay IPO and Focus on AI Safety

October 15, 2026
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is calling on Anthropic to delay its initial public offering and focus its energies on artificial intelligence safety issues the company itself has highlighted....