Anthropic could go public as soon as the week of Nov. 16, with the AI start-up set to trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker ANT, though the IPO date and initial share pricing have not been finalized. The article notes the offering is highly anticipated as one of the first major pure-play AI companies retail investors can own a piece of. It draws a comparison to Meta Platforms, which went public in May 2012 and saw its stock price drop by more than 50% in its first four months; shareholders who held on were glad they did, as the stock price had soared by 1,572% by May 2026. According to research from The Motley Fool, Meta was one of the top 10 IPOs of all time by capital raised but had the worst three-month stretch of any of those IPOs, with the stock price falling 47%. Meta closed its first day of trading to the public at $38.23, barely above its offering price of $38. The article states that even if Anthropic stock stumbles right out of the gate, that doesn't mean it won't eventually turn out to be a long-term winner.