Silicon Valley engineers claim that FTX took over Anthropic with a valuation of 18 billion during the liquidation

X platform U.S. stock trader 3X Long Labubu (@labubu_trader) posted that they bought shares of Anthropic at a valuation of $18 billion during the liquidation sale of FTX's bankruptcy, jokingly thanking "the greatest angel investor" SBF.

Previously, according to FT reports, underwriters for Anthropic were preparing to raise the IPO price to above the $70-$78 range, potentially increasing the valuation to over $1.5 trillion. Based on this calculation, the valuation would rise approximately 83 times from the $18 billion purchase valuation.

Public information shows that 3X Long Labubu is an AI engineer in Silicon Valley, engaged in AI reasoning and training-related work, and trades AI and semiconductor U.S. stocks as a hobby, with about 77,000 followers on X. SBF's FTX and Alameda invested approximately $500 million in Anthropic in 2021, and after FTX's bankruptcy, its estate management sold this portion of shares in batches in 2024.