Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic Stake Rivals CEO’s Ownership Ahead of Potential IPO

Bloomberg reports that Schmidt invested tens of millions of dollars in Anthropic’s Series A round in 2021, when the startup was valued at $461 million. That early bet now translates into a roughly 1% ownership stake, a figure that stands out because it is nearly half of the equity held by co‑founder and CEO Dario Amodei.

Anthropic is widely expected to pursue an initial public offering before year‑end, with market chatter suggesting a valuation as high as $2 trillion. At that level, Schmidt’s share could be worth up to $20 billion, adding substantially to his current net worth of $57.5 billion.

Why it matters for GPU / AI infrastructure

The size of Schmidt’s stake underscores how early‑stage capital from seasoned tech leaders can amplify the compute‑intensive roadmaps of frontier AI labs. Anthropic’s training runs demand massive GPU clusters, and a successful IPO would unlock fresh funding for expanding data‑center capacity — directly benefiting cloud providers like AiGpu that supply high‑performance AI GPU resources.

Schmidt’s broader AI portfolio, which includes stakes in Mistral, General Intuition, and Reflection AI, signals a continued appetite for backing companies that push the boundaries of large‑model training and inference. For infrastructure operators, tracking such investments offers early insight into where the next wave of GPU demand will concentrate.