New York apartment seller seeks Anthropic shares in $6.25 million property deal

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Sebastian Sagar is selling a northwest Tribeca apartment for $6.25 million and is open to accepting Anthropic shares as part of the payment.
The apartment was bought for about $7 million at the end of 2024, listed in June 2025, and saw the asking price reduced amid efforts to attract buyers.
Sagar prefers equity in pre-IPO companies like Anthropic or OpenAI over cash, seeking private AI exposure while relocating life and capital to Florida.

Listing strategy tied to AI investment goals

As first reported by Business Insider, Sebastian Sagar is selling a luxury apartment in northwest Tribeca and says he would consider taking shares in Anthropic as part of a transaction. Sagar, who works in finance, says he previously passed on an opportunity to buy pre-IPO Anthropic stock and is now looking for another path to gain exposure to the company.

The apartment was bought for about $7 million at the end of 2024 and was listed in June 2025. Since then, the asking price has been cut to $6.25 million, brokers have been changed, and alternative ways of attracting a buyer have been explored.

Sagar says the stock-for-property idea emerged after he read that Anthropic was opening an office a few blocks from the apartment. He says he is also open to shares in OpenAI or another major technology company if a buyer proposes a workable structure, but Anthropic came to mind first because of the missed earlier investment opportunity.

Wealth shift highlights demand for private AI exposure

Sagar says he no longer uses the apartment because his life is now based in Florida, where he is getting married and planning to start a family. He says he does not want to manage a rental property from another state and would rather redirect capital into investments that better match his current priorities.

He argues that some employees at private AI companies may hold valuable pre-IPO equity that is difficult to monetize, while he holds a high-value property he wants to exchange for another kind of asset. In his view, that creates room for a deal in which a buyer gains a home near work and he gains a stake in a company he believes has strong long-term upside.

Sagar says he would seriously consider taking Anthropic stock over cash, even if a stock-based offer came in below the asking price. He says his conviction in the future growth of AI, including potential uses in healthcare and education, makes that trade-off attractive despite the unconventional structure.

Our earlier article on MSO structures in the U.S. legal market explained how law firms and start-ups are separating legal work from technology and operations so outside capital can help fund AI investment without violating ownership rules. We noted that this model is gaining traction as generative AI raises the cost and urgency of tech upgrades, while also putting pressure on pricing and competition across the sector.

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