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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic ahead of its IPO

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Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO, owns about 1% of Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. If the AI company goes public at the valuations now being discussed, the stake could be worth billions of dollars. Schmidt invested tens of millions of dollars in Anthropic’s Series A round in 2021, Bloomberg rep…

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  1. 2026-10-20 07:30 · The Next Web
    Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic ahead of its IPO

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