Anthropic Eyes $2 Trillion IPO Amid AI Research Backlash

Anthropic is preparing for an IPO that could value the company at $2 trillion, a figure that would make it one of the most valuable public offerings in history and reshape how markets price AI. Simultaneously, a coalition of prominent mathematicians has gone public with concerns about the "misalignment" of AI research priorities at major labs. The dual headlines capture the widening gap between the financial ambitions of AI companies and growing institutional skepticism about their direction.