Anthropic has officially filed to go public

Anthropic 已正式提交上市申请

The race between OpenAI and Anthropic is heating up (even more than before). OpenAI 与 Anthropic 之间的竞争正在（比以往任何时候）更加白热化。

After months of speculation about whether OpenAI or Anthropic would be first in their race to IPO, Anthropic on Monday reached a key milestone: filing to kick off the process with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 在经历了数月关于 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 谁将率先 IPO 的猜测后，Anthropic 于周一达成了一个关键里程碑：向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交了申请，正式启动上市流程。

The filing sets the stage for what’s sure to be a massive IPO. As of its fundraise last week, Anthropic is being called the world’s most valuable startup, with a post-money valuation of $965 billion. That tops the $852 billion post-money valuation of OpenAI, which is its biggest rival. 此次提交申请为一场注定规模巨大的 IPO 奠定了基础。根据上周的融资情况，Anthropic 被称为全球最有价值的初创公司，投后估值达到 9650 亿美元。这一数字超过了其最大竞争对手 OpenAI 8520 亿美元的投后估值。

Anthropic chose to submit its draft registration statement to the SEC confidentially, according to a blog post from the company, meaning key details typically included in that form about a company’s operations — like potential risks to its business, executive compensation, and other financials — won’t become public until later on in the process. 根据公司发布的一篇博文，Anthropic 选择以保密方式向 SEC 提交其注册声明草案。这意味着该表格中通常包含的公司运营关键细节——如业务潜在风险、高管薪酬及其他财务数据——在流程后期才会公开。

The news comes less than two weeks before SpaceX’s planned June 12 IPO. Elon Musk’s SpaceX — which owns xAI and also has a newly minted deal with Anthropic that has the latter paying $15 billion per year to use SpaceX data centers — is currently set to raise $80 billion in its public debut, which would make it the largest IPO in history. 此消息发布距离 SpaceX 计划于 6 月 12 日进行的 IPO 不到两周。埃隆·马斯克旗下的 SpaceX（拥有 xAI，并与 Anthropic 达成了一项新协议，后者每年支付 150 亿美元使用 SpaceX 的数据中心）目前计划在首次公开募股中筹集 800 亿美元，这将使其成为史上规模最大的 IPO。

The filing also comes shortly after OpenAI came out ahead in its high-profile legal battle with Musk, when a judge dismissed all claims due to the statute of limitations. 此次提交申请的时间点，也正值 OpenAI 在与马斯克备受瞩目的法律诉讼中胜出不久之后，当时法官因诉讼时效问题驳回了所有诉讼请求。