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June 5, 2026

The European investors set to win big from Anthropic’s $1tn+ IPO

Some European investors managed to squeeze into the US AI model maker’s cap table

Anne Sraders

3 min read

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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