Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei

Media reports disclose former Google head holds minority stake in frontier AI lab

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·20 Oct 2026, 17:55·United States

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt reportedly holds an approximate one per cent stake in artificial intelligence developer Anthropic. According to media reports, his ownership represents roughly half the equity interest held by the venture's chief executive, Dario Amodei. The disclosure sheds light on early backer holdings within one of the sector's most prominent foundation model labs.

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