Anthropic IPO Investors Struggle to Put a Price on Rogue AI Risk

Markets Contact us:Provide news feedback or report an error Confidential tip?Send a tip to our reporters Site feedback:Take our Survey By Anthony Hughes October 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC Investors considering Anthropic PBC ’s planned mega-IPO are grappling with an unusual conundrum: How to value a company that some fear could help wipe out the human race. Researchers posting on X about a 10% chance or greater that AI would wipe out humanity sparked a discussion that Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s co-founder and chief executive officer, weighed in on. His essay outlined concerns that humans could lose control of AI systems, the tools could be misused for cyberattacks and bioterrorism, and could create serious economic disruption if top researchers don’t slow development.