United Kingdom, Dec. 4 -- Anthropic is reportedly preparing for a potential public debut next year, positioning the Claude developer for what could be one of the largest IPOs in history as competition with OpenAI intensifies.

According to the Financial Times, the AI company has begun early discussions with investment banks and tapped Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini, the same group behind Google and LinkedIn's IPOs, as it explores a path to the public markets.

Sources told the outlet that Anthropic is simultaneously pursuing a private funding round that could value the company above $300 billion, buoyed by a combined $15 billion commitment from Microsoft and Nvidia.

Other recent estimates place its valuation even higher, around $...