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In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Nima Gabbay listed his three-bedroom, two-bath San Francisco home for $2.995 million, highlighting luxury features like 10-foot ceilings, Calacatta marble kitchen, and remote-control skylights.
- Uniquely, Gabbay included a clause accepting shares of OpenAI or Anthropic as payment for the property.
- Two OpenAI employees expressed interest in paying with shares, with one offering over $1 million above asking but inflating stock value, and the other retracting after OpenAI’s public filing.
- Gabbay ultimately chose a third tech-sector buyer, with the sale closing soon under a nondisclosure agreement preventing disclosure of terms or buyer identity.
