New York City comptroller Mark Levine writes letter to Anthropic: ‘Instead of ⁠proceeding with IPO, the company should ...’

New York City's comptroller urged Anthropic to delay its IPO pending safety and governance concerns, despite a 45% quarter-over-quarter revenue jump and a $7 million pension exposure. The challenge is symbolic rather than a hard blocker, but it injects headline risk and regulatory scrutiny into AI listings ahead of OpenAI's expected 2027 debut. Expect contained, sentiment-led volatility in AI-linked equities and pre-IPO valuations.