Anthropic Appoints Chris Liddell for Upcoming IPO Plans, Eyes Listing by Year-End

Anthropic has added former Microsoft and General Motors executive Chris Liddell to its board to prepare for a potential initial public offering, with the company assessing a year-end listing. The move underscores strengthening capital markets experience as Anthropic, a developer of the Claude chatbot and a major competitor to OpenAI, evaluates its IPO timeline. Liddell, who oversaw a $230 billion IPO during General Motors’ bankruptcy restructuring and previously served in the White House, brings deep expertise in finance, governance, and technology. The company has signaled it may push for an IPO as early as late 2026. Anthropic’s board also includes co-founders Daniela and Dario Amodei, Reed Hastings of Netflix, Yasmin Razavi of Spark Capital, and Jay Kreps of Confluent. The firm recently closed a $300 billion financing, valuing the company at $38 billion, led by GIC and Coatue, with participation from D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and the Abu Dhabi AI Fund MGX.