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Re:Amazon will invest up to $4B in Anthropic by tornato7 on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:09AM (#37644039)
Let's say for sake of argument the investment by FTX was made at a valuation of $1B and Anthropic is now worth $10B.

Could Anthropic now say, "Oh no, that money was stolen, the investment was never valid, we're returning every last cent." and essentially do a huge share buyback at a steep discount to current valuation?

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Re:Amazon will invest up to $4B in Anthropic by rmbyrro on Monday September 25, 2023 @04:11PM (#37649897)
I guess that's not how corporate liquidation work.

A liquidator will evaluate the assets current market value and try to liquidate them in the most advantageous way for creditors.

Which means: they'll try to get at least the valuation that Anthropic got from the AWS deal. The problem is: they need to find someone willing to buy these shares at this price. If they do so, FTX creditors will be happy.

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