According to CoinMeta, and as reported by the Financial Times, FTX co-founders Sam Bankman - Fried ( SBF ) invested $500 million in Anthropic through the investment department under Alameda Research in 2021. Alameda acquired nearly 14% of the shares at that time. After FTX went bankrupt, these shares were sold in 2024 for about $1.3 billion, with the proceeds used to repay FTX customers and other creditors. Anthropic is expected to go public next week with a valuation of about $1.5 trillion. Based on this valuation, if Alameda Research still held the shares sold that year, the value of those shares would be approximately $37 billion, which is 74 times the initial investment amount.