Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid

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<p>It would be the first public listing from a frontier-AI firm—and perhaps the largest IPO of all time. We comb through <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/26/dont-expect-supersize-profits-from-anthropic-any-time-soon?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the filing</a></u> to understand how the company is thinking about itself and its industry. Our American-midterms series continues in the battleground state of <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/20/a-contentious-battle-in-alaska-may-determine-control-of-the-senate?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alaska</a></u>. And scientists consider how to <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/20/a-contentious-battle-in-alaska-may-determine-control-of-the-senate?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">redefine the second</a></u>. </p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Miles Kruppa, technology correspondent</li><li>Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent </li><li>David Adam, science writer</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>Anthropic IPO, AI</li><li>America’s midterm elections, Alaska</li><li>the second, metrology, atomic clocks </li></ul><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Economist</a></u>.</em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>