Anthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity

The AI industry is still defined by a careening intensity that's taking the world's finances along for the ride This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Anthropic filed for an initial public offering on the US stock market on Monday, ahead of what it slated to be one of the biggest debuts in financial history. The company withheld a valuation from its filing with US financial regulators, but investors and analysts are valuing the AI firm at north of $1.5tn. The numbers are jaw-dropping and speak to the speed of the AI boom. Anthropic was founded in 2021.