Anthropic Confidentially Submitted IPO Documents

Anthropic confidentially submitted paperwork for its proposed initial public listing ahead of rival OpenAI. The AI player also gave the European Union’s cybersecurity body preliminary access to its Mythos AI tool.

The draft registration statement submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission gives the company the option to go public after the agency completes its review. Anthropic stated the number of shares to be offered and the price have not yet been set. News of the IPO move came out the same day Bloomberg reported that Anthropic will give ENISA, the European Union’s cybersecurity agency, access to Mythos through Project Glasswing, an initiative which allows organisations to test Mythos’ capabilities before a wider release.

There are growing concerns among governments over the security implications of Mythos, which Anthropic released to some private companies in April. Anthropic communicated the decision to the European Commission over the weekend. EC spokesperson Thomas Regnier confirmed the development that followed several weeks of productive discussions.  “We welcome the latest developments on potential future access,” he said. “This is the result of the Commission’s strong bilateral cooperation and engagement with Anthropic, a leading frontier AI company.”

The EC was careful to frame the moment not as a resolution but as a starting point to work with the US administration, Anthropic and additional AI companies such as OpenAI. “This is a shared challenge, and we are intensifying our discussions with like-minded partners, including the United States,” Regnier said. The plan is for ENISA to join Project Glasswing, the coalition Anthropic announced in April which includes Amazon, Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile US, Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks, among others.