Anthropic IPO Values Company at $1.3T as Founders Cash Out $250M Each
Anthropic is set to list next week at a valuation near $1.3 trillion, raising $80B or more partly through a private placement to investors including Google, per WSJ. Each of the seven founders plans to sell roughly $250M of stock while retaining about $18B apiece, and a founder-controlled LLC holding a single Class F share guarantees them 50.1% of votes on most matters, leaving public shareholders with economic exposure but almost no control.
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Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-11-11 05
WSJ: Anthropic’s 7 founders will each sell about 18B apiece.
Each plans to sell nearly 3.4M shares at a projected range of $70 to $78, according to Tuesday’s company filing.
The listing, expected next week, would value Anthropic near 80B or more, partly via a private placement to investors including Google.
Once trading starts, each founder keeps about 3.2% of Class A shares, so together they hold roughly 22% of outstanding stock.
That stake carries only about 11.2% of voting power, yet a founder-controlled LLC holding a single Class F share guarantees them 50.1% on most shareholder votes
Public buyers of Anthropic's shares therefore get economic exposure with almost no say over control, which the filing warns could put decisions at odds with shareholders’ financial interests.
