Brooklyn home seller seeks Anthropic stock or bitcoin in $5.99 million listing

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A Williamsburg townhouse is listed at $5.99 million with the seller accepting vested Anthropic shares or bitcoin as payment, diverging from standard cash transactions.
The home, acquired for $4.17 million in 2016 and initially relisted at $6.5 million in August 2025, has undergone two price cuts to its current asking price.
The listing signals private AI equity, like Anthropic and OpenAI shares, is increasingly being used to transact high-end real estate, reflecting shifting wealth and liquidity dynamics.

Listing structure and sale history

As first reported by Business Insider, the seller of a four-bedroom home in Williamsburg is willing to consider payment in vested Anthropic shares or bitcoin, an unusual structure for a residential real estate transaction. The owner said in an emailed statement delivered through the listing agent that private technology companies and digital assets have become major vehicles for wealth creation, and that the offer is intended to accommodate buyers looking to exchange part of those holdings for property.

The seller said they use Anthropic's products daily and added that the company's confidential filing for an initial public offering prompted the inclusion of shares as a purchase option. They said that potential liquidity for employees and investors could help support a property purchase in the neighborhood, where the seller has lived for the past decade.

The home is located in a private mews near Domino Park and is part of the Wythe Lane Townhomes development. The property includes three full bathrooms, two powder rooms, a finished basement, a private garage with EV charging capability, a landscaped garden, and a rooftop deck with views of the Manhattan skyline and Williamsburg Bridge.

Zillow records show the home last sold for $4.17 million in 2016. It returned to the market in August 2025 at $6.5 million, saw two price cuts, and was relisted this spring at just under $6 million, where it remains offered at $5.99 million.

AI equity reaches the housing market

Christine Blackburn, one of the listing agents, told Business Insider that the seller was inspired by a similar Bay Area listing and that the payment structure is not tied to the property's earlier price reductions. The arrangement reflects a broader shift as private AI company equity begins to function more like a transactional asset in high-end housing markets.

Real estate agents have reported that rising paper wealth tied to companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI is reshaping demand, particularly in the Bay Area, where bidding competition and luxury-home prices have climbed. In recent months, some sellers have started marketing homes that can be bought with shares in private technology companies, betting that coveted startup equity may ultimately be worth more than cash.

The Brooklyn listing adds to signs that private AI stock, once concentrated largely within venture capital and startup circles, is moving into mainstream wealth behavior. For property sellers, that opens the door to creative deal structures, while for employees and early investors it offers a potential way to convert illiquid holdings into hard assets before or after a public listing.

Our earlier coverage of Anthropic’s IPO push and rapid expansion detailed how the company paired a major new funding round and public-listing preparations with plans to roll out its Mythos model to critical-infrastructure customers. We also noted that this growth has coincided with a high-stakes dispute over government and military use, highlighting the tension between commercialization and the firm’s stated safety limits.

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