ChainCatcher news, according to court documents, cryptocurrency exchange FTX is selling two-thirds of its stake in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic for $884 million. Among them:The main buyer is ATIC Third International Investment, based in Abu Dhabi, which spent $500 million to purchase 16.6 million shares;Jane Street spent $100 million to acquire 3.3 million shares;A fund managed by Fidelity invested $50 million to buy 1.5 million shares.

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)

ChainCatcher news, two insiders revealed that the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has raised $300 million at a pre-money valuation of $4.1 billion, led by Spark Capital. One insider mentioned that prior to this deal, Google invested $400 million in the startup.The new funding for Anthropic will increase the $1.1 billion raised from early investors, including Google, Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn, and former FTX CEO SBF. It is currently unclear whether the new valuation represents a significant premium over Anthropic's valuation in April 2022. Anthropic had previously indicated to some potential investors that it hoped for a valuation of at least $5 billion.Previous report indicated that in January of this year, insiders revealed that the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic was about to raise approximately $300 million in new funding, which could value Anthropic at around $5 billion, although the final valuation was not confirmed. Anthropic was founded in 2021, raised $124 million in Series A funding in 2021, and secured $580 million in Series B funding led by former FTX CEO SBF in 2022. (The Information)

ChainCatcher news, according to The New York Times, two people familiar with the matter said that the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is set to raise about $300 million in new funding, which could value Anthropic at around $5 billion, although the final valuation has not been determined.It is reported that Anthropic was founded in 2021, raised $124 million in Series A funding in 2021, and secured $580 million in funding in 2022 led by former FTX CEO SBF. According to an article by Bloomberg, FTX/Alameda may have already invested $500 million in Anthropic, as a $500 million item on its previously disclosed balance sheet was labeled "Anthropic." With the rise of ChatGPT, the AI sector has become a hotspot for financing, but it remains unclear what the specific connection is between SBF and Anthropic. (The New York Times)