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From VC legends to banks, these Australians have a stake in Anthropic

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 29, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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The artificial intelligence giant is approaching the Nasdaq, and a few local investors who have wrangled shares are in line for a bumper payday.

From VC legends to banks, these Australians have a stake in Anthropic

When Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX blew up in 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange’s 8 per cent stake in a then-fledgling start-up co-founded by former OpenAI employees hit the cutting-room floor.

But the spectacular implosion gave Australian investors one of their best openings to invest in what is now a trillion-dollar artificial intelligence giant: Anthropic.

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