Rob Toews called it:

“In 2026, Anthropic will debut on public markets. It will be one of the biggest and most highly anticipated IPOs of all-time.”

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Rob Toews: “In 2026, Anthropic will debut on public markets. It will be one of the biggest and most highly anticipated IPOs of all-time.”

🔒 The test · locked Aug 28, 2026

MET if Anthropic's common shares begin trading on a public stock exchange via IPO or direct listing (first day of trading). Confidential or public S-1 filings, private tender offers, or secondary-market share sales do not count at any point, before 2026-12-31 23:59 (UTC).

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Settled byevidence
Window2026-01-01 → 2026-12-31
TimezoneUTC
Data vintagelatest_revision
Min source tier1
Contract hash0x969a5a38…df6fed
Full resolution criteria

Resolves TRUE if Anthropic's shares begin trading on a public stock exchange (IPO or direct listing) at any point between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026, per SEC filings or exchange listing records. A confidential or public S-1 filing without trading commencing does not count.

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Rob ToewsForbesSaid Dec 22, 2025Added to Thonest Aug 28, 2026Anchored Aug 28, 2026

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Prediction No. 1 in Rob Toews' annual Forbes column '10 AI Predictions For 2026', published Dec 22, 2025.

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2026-08-28
Recorded · Recorded and locked from the original source

Proof

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Record fingerprint0x62c6a3b5412bf0bd0f0c8838fea3380d8a166bf3c7a517f65520f87aeeaa55a8
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4 hashes from this record to the anchored root
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Merkle root0x6d72bec9980deceafe4603c764311d29e367c03ff2b0713d64b440285e267679
batch #103 manifest · 10 entries
Registry0x3d74d9e2f0f4c741fc49b34cc119b6db0cef47c0 · entry #110
the contract refuses any batch that doesn’t follow the previous one, and has no function to edit or delete one — including for us
Anchored onchainbase-mainnet · Aug 28, 2026
0xf6d50a6e…8a4bee on block explorer
Original sourcehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2025/12/22/10-ai-predictions-for-2026/
Third-party archiveInternet Archive copy · Aug 6, 2026
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