# Anthropic's seven co-founders each plan to sell about $250M of stock in IPO

published: 2026-11-10T21:05:39.025Z
topic: funding
source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/10/all-7-anthropic-founders-will-each-cash-out-about-250m-in-ipo/
url: https://aiagentnews.io/stories/anthropic-s-seven-co-founders-each-plan-to-sell-about-250m-of-stock-in-ipo

Anthropic's new S-1 filing shows each of its seven co-founders will sell 3,378,378 shares in the planned IPO. At the $74 midpoint of the $70 to $78 price range, each would receive just under $250 million.

Anthropic's S-1 filing discloses that each of its seven co-founders will sell 3,378,378 shares in the offering, which TechCrunch reports could value the company at $1.4 trillion. The initial price range is $70 to $78 per share, which the filing describes as unusually broad. At $70 each founder would receive about $236 million, at $74 just under $250 million, and at $78 about $264 million.

The filing also points to strong demand. Board member Reed Hastings intends to buy $300 million of shares through his donor-advised fund, and Christopher Liddell plans to buy $3 million. Shares could also price above the initial range, which is common in heavily anticipated offerings.

After the sale, each founder will hold about 3.2% of outstanding Class A shares, or roughly 22% collectively. Their share of total equity is considerably smaller because Amazon and Google hold nonvoting Class N shares. The founders will collectively control 51.1% of votes through Class F stock, which carries supervoting rights.

## Why it matters if you build agents

Once Anthropic is public, a founder group holding 51.1% of the votes will set the company's direction, which matters for teams that depend on its models for long-term roadmap and pricing. Developers should also expect more detailed financial and ownership disclosures from a major model provider as it reports as a public company.