Dario Amodei and six Anthropic co-founders set for $18 billion payday each after upcoming IPO

Dario Amodei and Anthropic’s six other co-founders are preparing to pocket roughly $250 million each when the artificial intelligence company goes public next week. And that’s just the cash portion. Every founder has been estimated to keep stocks valued at about $18 billion; thus, this latest venture would provide a windfall for Anthropic’s founders who created the company five years ago. Founded in 2021, Anthropic now wants a $1.3 trillion valuation and hopes to raise at least $80 billion through its IPO and private investments. PitchBook put its May valuation near $965 billion. Anthropic founders can sell shares without giving up control According to Anthropic’s Tuesday filing, each founder currently owns 3.6% to 3.7% of its voting common stock.

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