GoKawiilEric Schmidt holds roughly 1% stake in Anthropic, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg reports that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns about 1% of Anthropic, after investing tens of millions in the AI lab's 2021 Series A round when it was valued at $461 million. That stake is roughly half the 2% reportedly held by Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei.
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If Anthropic goes public at valuations as high as $2 trillion, as some estimates suggest, Schmidt's stake could add tens of billions to his wealth, illustrating how early AI bets by well-connected investors are compounding dramatically. It also underscores Schmidt's broader pattern of backing AI startups like Mistral and Reflection AI since leaving Google, positioning him as a major financial beneficiary of the AI boom beyond his tech-industry influence.
- Schmidt reportedly owns ~1% of Anthropic from a 2021 Series A investment.
- His stake is about half the 2% held by CEO Dario Amodei, per Bloomberg.
- A potential $2 trillion IPO valuation could add up to $20 billion to Schmidt's net worth.
Source: techcrunch.com — Marina Temkin, 2026-10-20
Published there as: “Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei”
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