The capital battle in the field of artificial intelligence is intensifying. As OpenAI's strongest competitor, the AI unicorn company Anthropic officially announced on Monday that it has secretly submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking a major milestone in the most anticipated wave of listings in tech history.

Competitors downplay the race for listing

Facing the initiative of its competitor, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, downplayed the notion of a "race to list." He stated that the fiercest competition in the AI industry is not about who can be the first to go public on Wall Street. Going public is merely a financing event, and companies do not overemphasize specific time points.

Altman emphasized that the industry is currently in a competition to develop the best technology and build the best companies. Due to the popularity of its programming product Claude Code, Anthropic, which separated from OpenAI, has recently reached a valuation close to $1 trillion, while OpenAI itself is also advancing its plans for an IPO later this year.

The market can accommodate multiple suppliers

Regarding whether a single dominant player will emerge in the future of AI, Altman gave a very confident negative answer. He believes that artificial intelligence will become a crucial infrastructure in many fields, and the world has every reason to establish a robust system with multiple suppliers.

In addition to Anthropic and OpenAI, SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, is also expected to advance its listing process soon. Analysts point out that the IPO plans of these three tech giants will not only completely reshape the public capital market but also provide ordinary investors with opportunities to directly participate in the growth dividends of private AI giants.