Whale Rock CEO Predicts Claude Will Reach 500 Million Users; Anthropic Files for IPO

According to Beating, on June 4 at the Sohn Montreal Investment Conference, Whale Rock founder and CEO Alex Sacerdote disclosed that Anthropic's Claude has seen daily active users surge to 14 million, up from 2 million last year. Sacerdote predicted Claude's eventual user base could reach 500 million, emphasizing that enterprise markets represent the "ultimate prize" in AI, with current adoption still in ultra-early stages.

Anthropic's capital momentum continues accelerating. On June 1, the company confidentially submitted an IPO draft to the SEC, targeting a fall listing that could precede OpenAI. Last month, Anthropic completed a $65 billion Series H funding round at a $965 billion valuation.