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You invested $100K via a 3-layer Anthropic SPV at $380B valuation.
Third layer takes 15% management/set up fees and no carry
Second layer takes 10/20
First layer takes 10/20
So your real investment is 100*0.85*0.9*0.9=$68.85K. Given nobody scammed anyone in the matryoshka
An exit at $1.4T IPO gets you a MOIC of ~2.8x after dilution. That’s $192K on the first layer.
The first layer takes 20% carry, you have $167K left
The second layer takes 20% carry ($36.4k), you have $130.6k left
So you have made a $30K return on a $100K investment in a year.
So layered SPV investment got you a 68% Anthropic exposure. Buying Google stock gets you 14% and Amazon - 18%. AND a multiple on all the money Anthropic spends on compute (most of their money). AND exposure to a money-printing business with a strong AI component that rivals Anthropic. AND no scam risk. While the 32% lost in SPV fees just fund someone’s coke habit in Miami.
Same $100K put in AMZN and GOOG over the same time period would also get you the 30% return. You’re welcome.