Someone is offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco.
Homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan has created a LinkedIn page for the house, which he said he “would like to exchange (…) for Anthropic shares.”
The San Francisco Standard reports that Duncan described this as a “diversification play” as he is “underfocused on AI investments relative to the importance of AI in the future, and overly focused on real estate,” while a young Anthropic employee might be “in the exact opposite scenario.”
Duncan is asking potential buyers to email him to discuss the details of the deal, but said it would be a private transaction that does not require the buyer to sell its shares directly. On LinkedIn, he also said the homebuyer would “continue to retain 20% of the upside value of the shares exchanged during the lockup period.”
Duncan, who described himself as a former Bay Area resident who moved to Miami during the pandemic, purchased the property in 2019 for $4.75 million. It is currently occupied by “a high-profile VC,” he said, but declined to identify the VC.
