Anthropic's Series B was 86% SBF-stolen money, claims viral EA-cult thread
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-21
banteg resurfaced perrymetzger's long post on Anthropic's ties to effective altruism:
- Dario and Daniela Amodei lived in a rationalist group house with EA pioneer Holden Karnofsky; Daniela is now married to Karnofsky
- Anthropic was started with EA money and scaled with funds Sam Bankman-Fried stole from investors; the post claims 86% of its Series B was SBF-stolen money, and that SBF also funded METR
- Author calls Anthropic "an EA front" — contested opinion, not officially confirmed.
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