Anthropic's IPO is expected this year at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, compared with its latest private valuation of $965 billion, according to Bloomberg. Eric Schmidt holds about 1% of the company, a stake worth nearly $10 billion at the current private valuation. Iconiq's $6 billion investment from last year is now worth $17 billion, and Menlo Ventures' stake, from more than $1 billion invested, is worth $14 billion. Spark Capital, the only VC firm known to hold a board seat at Anthropic, invested $75 million in the 2023 Series C, and its position has grown more than 90-fold to $7 billion. Sequoia's $3 billion investment earlier this year gave it about 1% ownership.
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