Media Overestimates FTX Anthropic Stake Due to Dilution
October 30, 2026
Financial reporting from WSJ, Forbes, and Benzinga overestimated the value of Sam Bankman-Fried's Anthropic stake by 2.6x to 2.9x. Calculations failed to account for share dilution as Anthropic issued new equity, inflating implied valuations up to $1T.
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