Anthropic IPO hands employees ~$216B in equity, ~$41M average across 5,300 staff
annbordetsky · x · 2026-11-11
Anthropic's amended S-1: 825M shares at $70–78, ticker ANT, $64.4B raise at the top, plus a $26B private placement from Google, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft and TSMC — total above $100B, trading starts Nov 19.
Employee equity at $78:
- 1.77B options (avg. strike $2.91): $138B gross, $133B net
- 1.07B unvested RSUs: $84B
- $2B issued since Sept 30
- 2.05B shares ($160B) reserved for future hires
Current option/RSU holders net $216B ($194B at $70) — more than the IPO itself. Across 5,300 employees that's $41M each, excluding founders' stock. Jason Lemkin notes every B2B/AI founder must now compete for talent against liquid ANT stock.
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