Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
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A ~1% stake for Eric Schmidt underscores how concentrated equity — and therefore control and upside — remains inside top AI labs. For partners and regulators, it’s a reminder that a small circle of individuals still effectively steers the most capable systems and their commercialization paths.
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