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Wall Street advisers are urging Anthropic and OpenAI to pursue IPOs before the end of the year, the New York Post reports, citing unnamed investors and insiders. The timing, the paper says, reflects worries about the US midterm elections and possible political scrutiny of AI companies.

There is no announced IPO timetable here: OpenAI says it has not set one and will not go public this year, while Anthropic had no immediate comment. For now, this is a report about investor advice, not a decision by either company. The question is whether election jitters can really hurry an AI listing.

Discuss: Should AI companies bring IPO plans forward to avoid political uncertainty, or is that a poor reason to rush a major listing?

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