# ThinkMarkets Launches 24/7 Pre-IPO Markets on Anthropic and OpenAI With $1 Billion Points

> ThinkMarkets launched 24/7 pre-IPO markets on Anthropic and OpenAI, where each point equals $1 billion and positions settle at first-day market cap.

- Published: 2026-10-28T09:19:28+00:00
- Section: Product Launches
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-28/thinkmarkets-pre-ipo-markets-anthropic-openai
- Source: [GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/28/3389908/0/en/thinkmarkets-launches-24-7-pre-ipo-markets-on-anthropic-and-openai.html)

## Key takeaways

- ThinkMarkets launched pre-IPO markets on Anthropic and OpenAI that quote 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Each market tracks expected market capitalisation at the close of the first trading day, with one point equal to $1 billion.
- Both instruments are CFDs, so traders do not own shares, take part in the IPO or receive an allocation.
- Anthropic was last valued privately at US$852 billion, and OpenAI has said it will not go public this year.

[ThinkMarkets](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00003tq/thinkmarkets) has launched pre-IPO markets on [Anthropic](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic) and OpenAI, letting traders take a long or short position on what each company will be worth at the end of its first day of trading. The brokerage announced the launch on October 28, 2026, according to [GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/28/3389908/0/en/thinkmarkets-launches-24-7-pre-ipo-markets-on-anthropic-and-openai.html).

## How the Anthropic and OpenAI Markets Work

Each market tracks the company's expected market capitalisation at the close of its first trading day, with one point equal to US$1 billion. Both instruments are quoted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so traders can respond to filing announcements, roadshow updates and valuation reports whenever they emerge. Both are CFDs, so traders do not own actual shares, take part in the IPO or receive an allocation.

Positions can be closed at any time while the asset is quoted. Positions held through to the listing settle against the company's actual market capitalisation at the close of its first trading day and do not convert into shares. Both instruments are available on the ThinkMarkets platform, on live and demo accounts.

Nauman Anees, Co-Founder and CEO of ThinkMarkets, said: "News on these listings does not wait for an exchange to open, and neither should our clients' ability to respond to it. These markets let clients express a view on two of the most anticipated listings in years, long or short, and whenever the news breaks rather than when an exchange allows."

The launch comes as both companies move towards public markets. Anthropic is reported to be preparing for a US listing as early as November, while [OpenAI](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000008/openai) has said it will not go public this year. Anthropic was last valued privately at US$852 billion.

## ThinkMarkets' Record of 24/7 Products

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), ThinkMarkets released the Guaranteed Stop Loss Order feature on ThinkTrader in February 2026, charging a premium from 0.025% of exposure to guarantee execution at predetermined exit prices regardless of market gaps. In October 2025 it added Synthetic Indices to ThinkTrader, introducing algorithm-generated 24/7 markets driven by cryptographically secure random number generators to complement external market-linked CFDs. The pre-IPO markets join the brokerage's range of instruments that trade when traditional markets are shut, including 24/7 gold, silver, oil and US indices, alongside cryptocurrencies and synthetic indices.

## Earlier ThinkMarkets Launches

ThinkMarkets launched Weekend League, a client trading competition running four weekends from September 5 to 27, 2026, with $2,500 prize pools per weekend, Investegate reported. In June 2026 the brokerage launched ChelseaAI, a Model Context Protocol server enabling traders to connect any AI assistant to its ThinkTrader platform to execute trades without direct login, Financial and Business News reported. TechBullion reported in July 2026 that ThinkMarkets operates across more than 165 countries, offering 4,000 financial instruments through its proprietary ThinkTrader platform alongside TradingView, MT4 and MT5.

## Companies in this story

- [ThinkMarkets company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00003tq/thinkmarkets) · website: https://www.thinkmarkets.com/en
- [OpenAI company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000008/openai) · website: https://openai.com
- [Anthropic company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000002/anthropic) · website: https://www.anthropic.com

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