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Anthropic's $1.4T IPO 💰
while its founders prepare to cash out.
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🕵️ Nvidia CEO's $4.8B spy scandal.
💰 Anthropic's $1.4T IPO gamble.
💸 Anthropic founders cash out $1.75B.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to cheating on his wife of 40 years. The bigger problem? His alleged romantic partner is suspected by U.S. officials of spying for China.
The woman, Alice Huang, is an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that reportedly bought $4.8 billion worth of Nvidia chips in two years.
U.S. officials suspect her business network helped China access restricted AI chips. One company reportedly facilitated $7.5 billion in Nvidia chip purchases, including banned chips.
Now Nvidia's board is investigating, Congress wants answers, and the stock fell over 5%. Huang has also pulled out of major AI events.
Here's the real issue: Nvidia controls some of America's most valuable AI technology. If its chips reached China through questionable deals, this stops being a personal scandal and becomes a national security problem.
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Anthropic is preparing to go public at a potential $1.4 trillion valuation, selling shares at $70–$78 each. That could make it worth more than OpenAI's reported $1.25 trillion valuation.
But Anthropic reportedly wanted $2 trillion just months ago. Even with explosive AI demand, investors are starting to question how much these companies are actually worth.
Its annualized revenue hit $81 billion in October, but it also reported a $104 billion net loss over nine months. Revenue is exploding, yet profitability remains a very different story.
Google and Nvidia are each investing another $10 billion. The same companies selling Anthropic its AI infrastructure are also helping fund it. That's a pretty convenient cycle of money.
All seven Anthropic founders plan to sell roughly $250 million in shares each during its upcoming IPO. That's nearly $1.75 billion in combined payouts.
These are the same founders who left OpenAI in 2021 over disagreements about AI development and safety. Five years later, their safety-focused company could be worth $1.4 trillion.
Despite cashing out, the founders will retain majority voting control through special shares. Public investors can buy into Anthropic, but they won't have much power over its decisions.
Here's the interesting part: The founders get massive personal liquidity without surrendering control. Investors take on the risk of a trillion-dollar valuation while insiders keep the final say.
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