Public Pension Funds Hold Indirect Anthropic Stake That Could Grow From $777M to $9B
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-30
Per The Information, public pension plans in Orange County, Los Angeles, Massachusetts and South Carolina indirectly hold Anthropic shares through venture firm Spark Capital.
- Spark Capital holds roughly $777M worth of Anthropic
- If Anthropic's November IPO lands near a $1.5T valuation, that stake could balloon to $9B or more
Ordinary public employees' retirement funds could get an unexpected windfall from the AI capital boom.
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