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Shaires Holdings Secures Option for $40 Million in Investments in Anthropic, Figure AI, Stripe

MT Newswires·08/13/2026 05:39:20
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05:39 AM EDT, 08/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Shaires Holdings (SHR.L) entered into an option agreement with Rizvi Traverse to acquire up to $40 million of interests in special purpose vehicles holding direct and indirect stakes in Anthropic, Figure AI, and Stripe. The UK-listed investor in private technology and AI businesses said Thursday the options include up to $16.2 million of exposure for AI company Anthropic, up to $14.5 million for US-based developer of humanoid robots Figure AI, and up to $9.3 million for programmable financial infrastructure platform Stripe. The options are expected to be exercised by Aug. 31, which will be funded through Shaires Holdings' cash resources and proceeds from its capital-raising initiatives.