FTX suspends the sale of its $500 million stake in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, FTX has suspended the sale of its $500 million stake in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. According to insiders, the boutique investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners, which is handling FTX's bankruptcy matters, informed bidders of the sale suspension earlier this month. Prior to this, several potential buyers had conducted months of due diligence on FTX's stake in Anthropic.

According to an internal document circulated before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November last year, FTX and Alameda invested $500 million in the company. Semafor reported in early June that FTX was seeking to sell these shares for "hundreds of millions" of dollars.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees. In May of this year, Anthropic completed a $450 million Series C funding round, with a current valuation of $4.6 billion. (Bloomberg)