Silicon Valley wants you to invest in miracles

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge / Adobe Stock" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Anthropic_miracles_K_Radtke_b5ca50.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Investing in any stock is kind of like gambling in the sense that you're betting your money on a company's future performance. But how do you bet on a technology that could, in the worst-case scenario, "pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," or best case, "bring forth an age of miracles"?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">To some extent, Anthropic suggests in a letter at the top of its S-1 filing, you have to just believe.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anthropic's 335-page S-1 prospectus, filed Monday, is part of a steady hype escalation in Silicon Valley's interactions with Wall Street. In some ways, it's not even that bizarre; SpaceX IPO'd in June after filing an S-1 that referenced din …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023070/anthropic-ipo-risk-factors-filing-miracles">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>