One of the wildest stories in tech right now is what's happening at Anthropic . New data from Levels.fyi shows how some employees at this AI startup have effectively become multimillionaires about a year after joining. One engineer who started in late 2024 got 60,000 stock options at a $13 strike price, when Anthropic was valued around $18 billion. At the time, the equity penciled out to roughly $200,000 a year on paper. Fast forward to a recent share sale valuing Anthropic near $350 billion.