Anthropic’s IPO push has gained pace as the Claude maker works to ease tensions with the White House after a U.S. supply chain risk designation.
Axios reported on June 1, 2026, that Anthropic filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. The company could seek a valuation of $1 trillion or more.
The ties between Anthropic and the Trump administration had remained tense since the company refused to allow Pentagon use of its most advanced models for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
A Mayer Brown legal update said the Department of War notified Anthropic on March 3, 2026, that it had designated the company a supply chain risk. It said Anthropic filed lawsuits in two federal courts on March 9 to challenge the designation.
Business Insider reported that President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back artificial intelligence executive order on June 2, 2026. The order created a voluntary review framework for advanced AI models before release.
The Anthropic responded to the order by saying it wanted to “collaborate” with the White House on implementation. It also said Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei had been invited to an earlier AI executive order signing ceremony that was later cancelled.
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Anthropic has stayed in contact with several U.S. government agencies before the release of Mythos, its most advanced AI model. TechCrunch reported in April that the National Security Agency was using Mythos Preview despite the Pentagon’s dispute.
Anthropic has not dropped its legal challenge, and the Department of War continues to defend the designation.
