Anthropic, OpenAI Lead New AI Safety Index But Grades Signal ‘Not Enough’ Is Being Done – Chinese Rivals DeepSeek, Zhipu Rated ‘F’

• According to the index, Anthropic led in terms of maintaining user privacy by not training its models on user data.
• OpenAI was praised as the only company in the index to publish its whistleblowing policy, which outlines its more robust risk management approach, according to the report.
• Anthropic is also said to be in early talks to launch an initial public offering next year, according to a report by The Financial Times.

Top AI startups Anthropic and OpenAI emerged at the top of the list in the latest AI safety index released by Future of Life Institute on Wednesday.

The index, which measures the practices of top AI companies across a range of aspects such as risk assessment, current harms, safety frameworks, and governance, among others, noted that a fundamental rethink of the approach to AI safety is needed.

Anthropic received an overall grade of C+, followed by OpenAI at C, Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Google DeepMind at C-, xAI and Meta Platforms Inc. (META) at D, and Chinese AI startups Zhipu and DeepSeek at F.

“Some companies are making token efforts, but none are doing enough. We are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to create superintelligent AI systems over which we will inevitably lose control,” said Stuart Russell, OBE, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley.

Anthropic and OpenAI are not listed publicly at the moment. Retail sentiment on Stocktwits around the two AI startups was in the ‘bearish’ and ‘extremely bearish’ territories, respectively. Anthropic is also in the news for reportedly being in early talks for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2026.

Anthropic, OpenAI Get Praised

According to the index, Anthropic led in terms of maintaining user privacy by not training its models on user data.

OpenAI was praised as the only company in the index to publish its whistleblowing policy, which outlines its more robust risk management approach, according to the report.

However, the reviewers noted there is still a lot left to be done. “Companies claim they will achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) within the decade, yet none scored above D in Existential Safety planning,” they said.

Anthropic’s Potential IPO Plans

Anthropic is said to be in early talks to launch an IPO next year, according to a report by The Financial Times. The maker of the Claude chatbot is also in talks for a private funding round that values it between $300 billion and $350 billion, according to the report.

This brings it close to OpenAI, which is valued at $500 billion following a $6.6 billion employee stock sale in October.

Anthropic has tapped law firm Wilson Sonsini to begin working on its IPO plans. The firm has also worked on IPOs for companies such as Google, LinkedIn, and Lyft.

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