Bloomberg tallies Anthropic backers' stakes ahead of IPO

Anthropic is expected to go public this year at a valuation of up to $2 trillion. At its latest private valuation of $965 billion, early backers already hold multi-billion-dollar stakes: Eric Schmidt about 1% (~$10 billion), Iconiq $17 billion, Menlo Ventures $14 billion and Sequoia over $6 billion.

• Anthropic's IPO valuation could reach $2 trillion, up from $965 billion private
• Eric Schmidt invested in the 2021 Series A at a $461 million valuation
• Iconiq's $6 billion check at a $183 billion valuation is now worth $17 billion
• Spark Capital's $75 million 2023 bet has grown to $7 billion