Anthropic’s Paid Subscribers Double as IPO Countdown Begins Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/anthropics-claude-gaining-paid-subscribers-in-record-numbers/ Anthropic’s Claude has doubled its paid subscriber base in 2026. According to TechCrunch, transaction data shows record numbers of new and returning paid users. With the company potentially going public as early as October, investors are watching every move from OpenAI’s main competitor. This news comes as the commercialization race among AI labs enters its most intense phase. OpenAI is expected to list later this year, and Anthropic clearly doesn’t want to miss this capital window. The rapid growth in paid users suggests Claude is gaining traction among enterprise customers.