Anthropic Initiates Up to $6 Billion Secondary Share Sale for Employees

Anthropic is offering select current and former employees the opportunity to sell shares valued at about $350 billion, aligning with its recent $30 billion fundraising. The company has allocated $5 billion to $6 billion for this secondary share sale, with final amounts depending on employee participation. Outside investors will purchase these shares, not Anthropic itself. This move reflects a growing trend among private AI startups to provide liquidity to staff amid competitive hiring, similar to practices by OpenAI, Stripe, and SpaceX. Anthropic recently completed a funding round valuing it at $380 billion post-money and is considering an initial public offering.