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TechCrunch: Anthropic backers sit on major paper returns before IPO

TechCrunch reports that early-stage and follow-on investors in Anthropic are already holding major paper returns before the AI lab's IPO.

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TechCrunch reported that early-stage and follow-on investors in Anthropic are already sitting on major paper returns.

The report, published on October 23, 2026, examines what some of Anthropic's backers are reportedly worth before its IPO.

TechCrunch refers to Anthropic as an AI lab and frames the gains as paper returns held by early-stage and follow-on investors.