NYC Comptroller Confirms Anthropic Contact After IPO Safety Plea

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine confirmed contact with Anthropic on Oct. 16 after urging the company to pause its planned IPO until it addresses concerns about AI safety, governance and development pace.

In an Oct. 14 letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Levine made a separate request for details on planned audits and controls, the risks they would cover and when they would be put in place. He argued that preparing for an IPO could draw attention away from safety work. Levine also criticized a White House accord involving Anthropic and five other companies as insufficient.

Levine serves as investment adviser, custodian and trustee to New York City pension funds with more than $325 billion in assets. His earlier letter on Anthropic’s AI risks laid out his concerns before the contact was confirmed.

Levine did not describe the discussions. In comments on Oct. 16, he said, “It does appear they are under pressure from multiple sides right now.”

Separately, Anthropic presented investors with third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.8 billion at a private meeting on Oct. 14. The figure was shared in an investor setting; the company’s June announcement about its IPO filing did not include third-quarter financial results.

On June 1, Anthropic disclosed that it had privately filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC for a potential public offering. The offering depends on regulatory review and market conditions. Anthropic has not set the number of shares or an offering price.