(Reuters) – Anthropic, backed by Google and Amazon.com, is weighing a slate of sovereign wealth funds to acquire FTX’s stake of about $1 billion in the AI startup, CNBC reported on Friday citing sources.
In February, a U.S. judge ruled that bankrupt crypto exchange FTX may sell its shares in Anthropic.
FTX invested $500 million in Anthropic in 2021, and currently holds a 7.84% stake in the company, according to court documents.
The company had sought permission to sell the shares as part of its court-supervised effort to liquidate its assets and repay customers who lost access to their accounts when the company collapsed in 2022.
Anthropic also privately ruled out Saudi Arabia as a potential stakeholder, according to CNBC.
FTX and Anthropic did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
