Key facts
- Government sold 4,453,900 Anthropic Series B shares in October 2025.
- The sale generated $627 million, with shares bought at $140.9676 each.
- The forfeited shares represented about 0.25% of Anthropic.
- If Anthropic IPOs at $1.5 trillion valuation, shares could be worth $3.94 billion.
The US government generated $627 million by selling Anthropic shares that had been forfeited by Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh, former executives at Sam Bankman-Fried's defunct crypto companies. The shares were sold in October 2025 at $140.9676 per share. Anthropic repurchased these shares and resold them to nine investors without making a profit. This stake represented about a quarter of a percent of Anthropic. If the AI company achieves a $1.5 trillion valuation in its expected November IPO, these shares could be worth approximately $3.94 billion, a sixfold increase from the government's sale price.