US Government Sold Seized FTX Anthropic Shares for $627M. They’re Now Worth $3.94 Billion

The U.S. government sold 453,900 Anthropic Series B shares seized from the failed FTX exchange for $627 million roughly a year ago; those shares are now valued at close to $4 billion. Anthropic bought back the shares at that price and offered them to nine undisclosed approved buyers, according to its S-1 IPO filing. FTX, which collapsed fraudulently in 2022, had invested in high-growth technology companies including Anthropic, and creditors chose a faster recovery over waiting for an uncertain IPO. Anthropic is preparing a public listing and targeting a valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion.