Feds sold seized Anthropic shares back to insiders
Business Insider reports that the federal government seized Anthropic stock from two Sam Bankman-Fried associates and resold it, and FTX victims still haven’t seen any of that money.
Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh bought into Anthropic’s 2022 Series B, $10 million and $40 million worth. A judge ordered them to forfeit the shares, and the government took ownership of Ellison’s in February 2025 and Singh’s in April.
The US Marshals Service sold the stock to existing Anthropic investors sometime last year, according to a person familiar with the sale, and declined to comment on the price or the buyers.
UCLA’s Olav Sorenson estimates the combined stake would be worth $4.17–5.03 billion today. Bankruptcy filings show the proceeds hadn’t reached the FTX estate as of the end of June.
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