This was news to me. Eric Schmidt was in the Series A, and personally owns 1% of Anthropic.
Eric Schmidt reportedly held a stake in Anthropic's Series A round
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Andrew Curran says he did not know that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt invested in Anthropic's Series A round. Curran reports that Schmidt personally owns 1% of Anthropic. A Bloomberg report, cited in a post from @nmasc_, says Schmidt's stake is set to pay a large windfall.
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One of the more interesting things about Anthropic’s cap table: Until its Series C, its funding rounds were dominated by super angels and nonprofits. So here's a scoop w/ @LamoneyTom on one of the angels that got in early: former Google CEO Eric Schmidt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-19/eric-schmidt-s-1-anthropic-stake-set-to-pay-massive-windfallView quoted post on X
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