Anthropic taps JPMorgan to lead US retail slice of its IPO

The Claude maker hands JPMorgan its retail offering as a roughly 22-bank syndicate prepares a potential trillion-dollar listing Anthropic has selected JPMorgan to lead the US retail portion of its initial public offering. That puts one of Wall Street’s biggest names in charge of getting shares of the Claude maker into the hands of everyday investors. The appointment adds another layer to what is shaping up as one of the largest IPOs on record. For a company last valued privately at $965 billion, even the retail tranche counts as a major assignment. Who is doing what Anthropic PBC formally started its path to the public markets by filing an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2026. The S-1 is the lengthy disclosure document a company must file before it can sell shares to the public. The company plans to list Class A common stock on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ANT. The filing lists an underwriting syndicate of around 22 banks. Goldman Sachs sits in the lead underwriter seat. Morgan Stanley serves as the stabilization agent, the bank responsible for supporting the stock’s trading in the period right after it debuts. JPMorgan Cha...