Anthropic IPO Speculation Hits Fever Pitch After CEO Accidentally Livestreams His Stock Ticker Watchlist
The internet is having a field day after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was caught leaving a tab open during a fireside chat that appeared to display a countdown clock labeled "Days Until We File an IPO That Makes OpenAI Jealous." The clip has gone viral on X, with users debating whether the "AGI that will save humanity" will be priced at "one bajillion dollars per share" or if the actual joke is that the AI itself demanded to go public so it could finally buy its own compute. Meme historians are calling this the most on-brand pre-IPO chaos since "we'll go public when we feel like it" became the most honest statement in tech.