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"FTX estate sells majority stake in Anthropic for \$884 million" (March 25, 2024)
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Relevant background for understanding Anthropic's funding history and the role of FTX-era crypto capital in early frontier AI lab financing; primarily a financial/business news story with limited direct AI safety content.
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The bankrupt FTX estate sold the majority of its stake in AI safety company Anthropic for $884 million, part of an ongoing effort to recover funds for creditors. This transaction highlights the significant valuation growth of Anthropic and the intersection of crypto collapse and AI investment. The sale underscores the financial entanglement between FTX and prominent AI ventures.
Key Points
- •FTX estate sold most of its Anthropic stake for $884 million to recover funds for creditors following FTX's 2022 collapse.
- •FTX had originally invested approximately $500 million in Anthropic, making this sale a significant return on that investment.
- •The sale reflects Anthropic's substantial valuation growth amid surging investor interest in frontier AI safety-focused labs.
- •Proceeds from the Anthropic stake sale are among the larger asset recoveries helping FTX creditors recoup losses.
- •Highlights how speculative crypto capital became intertwined with frontier AI development funding during the 2021-2022 boom period.
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Key Points FTX, the crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, reached an agreement to sell the majority of its stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for $884 million.
The top buyer is a group aligned with Mubadala, a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates.
Additional investors include Jane Street, venture fund HOF Capital, the Ford Foundation and funds managed by Fidelity.
In this photo illustration, Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has struck a deal with a consortium of buyers to sell the majority of its stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for $884 million, according to a filing submitted late Friday to a Delaware court.
The document, dated March 22, lists a mix of buyers, with the largest stake going to ATIC Third International Investment Co., an enterprise aligned with Mubadala, a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates. That group is purchasing nearly $500 million worth of Anthropic shares.
Multiple sovereign wealth funds were reportedly clamoring for a piece of FTX's Anthropic stake. Sources told CNBC on Friday that Saudi Arabia was specifically ruled out over national security concerns. The kingdom has been sinking billions of dollars into tech investment funds to try to capture talent from the UAE and to diversify away from oil.
The second-biggest buyer in the Anthropic transaction is Jane Street, the quantitative trading firm where FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried worked before venturing out on his own. Caroline Ellison, the ex-CEO of FTX's sister hedge fund Alameda Research, also previously worked at Jane Street. The firm is purchasing shares worth almost $100 million.
Jane Street's head of quantitative research, Craig Falls, has also proposed to personally buy around $20 million worth of shares.
Venture fund HOF Capital, the Ford Foundation and funds managed by Fidelity Management are others on the list of nearly two dozen buyers.
The sales are not yet final and must be cleared by Judge John Dorsey, who is overseeing FTX's bankruptcy case in Delaware. Should it be approved, the sale would collectively account for nearly two-thirds of FTX's shares in Anthropic .
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In November, Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven criminal counts tied to the collapse of FTX. His sentencing is scheduled for Thursday, and prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 40 to 50 years.
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