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Eric Schmidt’s 1% Anthropic stake sets up massive windfall ahead of IPO -Bloomberg

Investing.com -- Former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt is poised to reap one of the largest individual windfalls from Anthropic's (NASDAQ:ANTP) upcoming initial public offering, driven by an early bet placed during the artificial intelligence startup’s formative stages. According to Bloomberg reporting, Schmidt holds roughly 1% of the Claude chatbot maker following a tens-of-millions-of-dollars investment in its Series A fundraising round.

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Indices· October 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Investing.com -- Former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt is poised to reap one of the largest individual windfalls from Anthropic's (NASDAQ:ANTP) upcoming initial public offering, driven by an early bet placed during the artificial intelligence startup’s formative stages. According to Bloomberg reporting, Schmidt holds roughly 1% of the Claude chatbot maker following a tens-of-millions-of-dollars investment in its Series A fundraising round.

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