Anthropic prepares for IPO with Accenture safety checks and $100B revenue goal

Anthropic is preparing for a potential IPO as soon as November, with annualized revenue projected to exceed $100 billion, while bringing in Accenture for embedded safety assessments of its AI models. The company's revenue run rate surged from $9 billion at the end of 2025 to $65 billion by July, with Q2 revenue exceeding $11.5 billion. Anthropic has confidentially filed for listing on Nasdaq, targeting up to $100 billion in fundraising and a $2 trillion valuation, with Nvidia in talks to invest $10 billion. Accenture evaluators will conduct red-team testing and monitor model training processes, with both companies committing at least $1 billion to these efforts. The move follows employee resignations and industry concerns about AI safety, including risks of recursive self-improvement.