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Eric Schmidt’s reported roughly 1% Anthropic stake could bring an IPO windfall
The Straits Times carries Bloomberg’s report that sources put Schmidt’s Series A investment at tens of millions of dollars.
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Bloomberg reports, via The Straits Times, that sources put former Google chief Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic stake at about 1%. Whether he has sold any of it is unclear. Investors suggested a US$1.8 trillion to US$2 trillion valuation in October 2026; if Anthropic goes public at the high end, the report estimates Schmidt’s net worth could rise by about a third to nearly US$80 billion.
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