By FP Business Desk
Publication Date: 2026-06-09 01:59:00
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity is sticking to its plans for a public listing in 2028, even as rivals OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for what could become some of the biggest technology IPOs in history, setting the stage for a crucial test of investor appetite for AI companies.
Perplexity chief executive Aravind Srinivas said the company’s IPO roadmap remains unchanged regardless of how the market reacts to the blockbuster
listings expected from OpenAI and Anthropic.
“Agnostic of these two companies, we were planning for something in 2028, so that still remains the case,” Srinivas told CNBC in an interview aired on Tuesday.
The comments come as the artificial intelligence industry enters a new phase, with leading AI firms increasingly looking to public markets after attracting hundreds of billions of dollars in private capital.
Last week, Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, confidentially filed for a US initial public offering. The startup was most recently valued at nearly $1 trillion following a major fundraising round.
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and the world’s most prominent AI company, has also confidentially filed for a US IPO and is reportedly targeting a valuation of up to $1 trillion in a listing that could take place later this year.
Alongside the anticipated debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the offerings are expected to rank among the largest public market debuts ever and could serve as a…
