From VC legends to banks, these Australians have a stake in Anthropic
Oct 30, 2026 – 5.00am When Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX blew up in 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange’s 8 per cent stake in a then-fledgling start-up co-founded by former OpenAI employees hit the cutting-room floor. But the spectacular implosion gave Australian investors one of their best openings to invest in what is now a
Oct 30, 2026 – 5.00am When Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX blew up in 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange’s 8 per cent stake in a then-fledgling start-up co-founded by former OpenAI employees hit the cutting-room floor. But the spectacular implosion gave Australian investors one of their best openings to invest in what is now a trillion-dollar artificial intelligence giant: Anthropic.
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