Anthropic employees becoming multimillionaires at unprecedented speed

New data from Levels.fyi shows some employees at Anthropic became multimillionaires about a year after joining. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has repeatedly emphasized his company's commitment to safety. One engineer who started in late 2024 received 60,000 stock options at a $13 strike when Anthropic was valued around $18 billion, an award that initially penciled out to roughly $200,000 a year on paper.

A recent share sale valuing the company near $350 billion means, after estimated dilution and other factors, the employee probably owns about $4 million to $5 million in vested stock now; the full equity grant, which typically vests in quarters over four years, is likely worth about $18 million to $20 million, Levels.fyi estimates.

Other examples submitted to Levels.fyi include a senior software engineer with about $1.6 million in vested stock after a year, a more senior staffer with roughly $8 million after 18 months, and a business operations leader with at least $9 million after two years.

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