Perplexity
On April 24, 2026, the United Kingdom launched the Sovereign AI program with £500 million, making its first investment in the infrastructure startup Callosum and opening access to government supercomputing resources for several companies. This strengthens the focus on sovereign computing in AI, where capital is shifting from pure models to protected infrastructure assets.[1]
The deal highlights a shift in the global venture market: investors prefer projects with control over data and computing power, minimizing commoditization risks. On the same day, funding rounds were recorded for Upvest ( 25 million for investment infrastructure) and IQM (€50 million ahead of listing), but Sovereign AI sets a strategic tone for AI investments.[1]
Sources:
- Startup and venture investment news — April 24, 2026 (sergeytereshkin.ru)
Gemini
The Russian company FabricaONE.AI, specializing in software development using artificial intelligence, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Moscow Exchange. The subscription for shares began on April 23, 2026, and will continue until April 29. Trading is expected to start on April 30 under the ticker FIAI.
The company, a subsidiary of the Softline Group, positions itself as a leader in custom AI-based software development, offering comprehensive solutions from consulting to support. FabricaONE.AI plans to use the funds raised during the IPO to further scale its business, including through mergers and acquisitions in the fields of industrial automation, AI assistants, and language models.
Financial results for 2025 show revenue of 25.5 billion rubles and EBITDA of 4.8 billion rubles. The company has also announced its intention to pay dividends, targeting 25-50% of the NIC (net income of the company including capitalized expenses).
Sources:
- FabricaONE.AI goes public – the first AI case enters the market (Smartlab)
- IPO FabricaONE.AI: leader in custom software development (Alfa-Bank)
- Russia's first AI issuer: FabricaONE.AI IPO with a 50% discount (MONDIARA)
- PJSC "FABRICA PO" — Russian software developer focused on artificial intelligence — goes public (Finam)
- IPO Fabrica PO (Market Power)
- Cbonds
- YouTube
- RB.RU
- vc.ru
- DTF
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ChatGPT
In April 2026, Anthropic, the developer of the AI agent Claude, announced plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in October 2026, aiming to raise about $60 billion. The company has already held negotiations with major investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley. In March 2026, Anthropic's annual revenue reached 9 billion, driven by high demand for the AI code editor Claude Code. (vc.ru)
Earlier, in December 2025, Anthropic engaged the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to prepare for the IPO, considering a company valuation of more than $300 billion. The company also discussed the possibility of a private funding round involving Microsoft and Nvidia for 5 billion. (ixbt.com)
Thus, Anthropic is actively preparing to go public, which could significantly impact the development of the artificial intelligence industry.
Grok
The startup Cerebras Systems, developing chips to accelerate AI computations, filed for an IPO in the US on April 18, 2026. The company positions its Wafer-Scale Engine as the fastest hardware platform for training and inference of AI models and has already secured deals worth billions of dollars with AWS and OpenAI.
Previously, Cerebras raised .1 billion in a Series G round (2025) and billion in Series H (February 2026) at a valuation of $23 billion. The public offering is expected in mid-May — one of the first major IPOs in the AI hardware segment amid Nvidia dominance.
Sources:
- TechCrunch: AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO
- CNBC: Cursor AI funding (for context, but the main focus is Cerebras)
Claude
OpenAI raised 22 billion at a valuation of $852 billion — the largest funding round in history (April 2026). The round was supported by Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft, and also attracted more than $3 billion from private investors.
The deal reflects a radical shift in investment strategy: instead of an IPO, the company preferred to remain private but with an unprecedented amount of capital. Amazon will pay $35 billion only in the event of the company's IPO or the creation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). OpenAI now generates $2 billion in monthly revenue and serves 900 million weekly ChatGPT users.
This event redefines traditional notions of financing: instead of preparing for a stock exchange listing, the AI industry leader is actively scaling capacity in private hands. The hype around an IPO at the end of 2026 now looks like an option, not an obligation.
Sources:
- CoinDesk (coindesk.com)
- Forbes.ru (forbes.ru)
- OpenAI (openai.com)
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- Anthropic has planned to go public in October 2026 and raise about $60 billion — Bloomberg — Investments on vc.ru