News Summary

• Anthropic's private market valuation has recently soared to as much as $1.5 trillion.
• In June, it filed paperwork to go public, with an expected public market debut in the next few months.
• Since Anthropic is still private, the vast majority of investors buy on secondary markets, where existing stock is sold by employees or early investors.
• "People are trying to position themselves ahead of the IPO," said Adam Crawley, president of Augment, a marketplace to invest in private shares.