Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei

What happened

Pre-IPO disclosures tied to Anthropic's planned listing revealed that Eric Schmidt holds roughly half of CEO Dario Amodei's stake, making him one of the largest individual shareholders. The Wall Street Journal separately cited financials from the draft prospectus.

Context and impact

Anthropic is targeting a $2 trillion IPO valuation — potentially the largest in history. The company filed confidentially with the SEC on June 1, 2026, and is targeting a November listing. The scale of infrastructure commitments reflects unprecedented capital intensity in frontier AI.

Details

• Eric Schmidt: reportedly ~40-50% of Dario Amodei's stake
• H1 2026 revenue: $16.3 billion (per WSJ from the draft prospectus)
• Compute spending: ~$9 billion over six months
• Future infrastructure commitments: over $600 billion
• Target IPO valuation: up to $2 trillion; November 2026 listing targeted