{"slug": "the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic", "title": "The seller of a $2.9 million San Francisco home is accepting payment in Anthropic or OpenAI stock", "summary": "A seller in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle is accepting Anthropic or OpenAI stock as payment for a newly restored three-bedroom home listed at $2,995,000. The listing agent reported being flooded with interest within 24 hours, as the offer targets AI employees and investors whose wealth is tied up in illiquid stock. The move reflects San Francisco's AI-fueled real estate frenzy, where home prices have surged 19% year over year amid tight housing supply and soaring AI valuations.", "body_md": "The [listing for a newly restored three-bedroom home ](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/160-Noe-St-San-Francisco-CA-94114/461638923_zpid/)in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle neatly captures the city's AI-fueled real estate frenzy in one line: \"Anthropic or OpenAI stock will be considered as payments.\"\n\nIt has been less than 24 hours since the offer went live, and the listing agent, Rachel Swann, told Business Insider she has been flooded with interest.\n\n\"My phone has been blowing up,\" Swann said. \"It seems to be something that's very exciting for people.\"\n\nSan Francisco real estate and stock in the hottest AI companies have one thing in common: high demand and low supply, which naturally drives up prices.\n\nThe 2,495-square-foot Duboce Triangle home is asking $2,995,000, after selling for $2,126,000 in 2024. It offers a slew of luxurious amenities, including 10-foot ceilings, custom cabinetry, remote-controlled solar skylights, and a deep-soaking tub, but the listing leads with an offer that could only happen in 2026 San Francisco —the offer of accepting stock in two of the most valuable AI companies on the planet.\n\nThe seller is a local \"high-end luxury developer\" who is a big believer in Anthropic and OpenAI, according to Swann.\n\nSwann says they got the idea after seeing a wave of OpenAI and Anthropic employees and investors come to open houses who have \"nowhere to live\" because the housing supply is so tight and all their wealth is tied up in illiquid stock.\n\n\"It's a perfect storm,\" she said. \"You wouldn't believe how many people I see come through who say, 'We can't touch our stock quite yet, but we would love to buy something.'\"\n\nThis is not the first Bay Area house to ask for stock in AI companies.\n\nLast month, Storm Duncan, a tech banker, offered his $4.8 million Marin County estate in exchange for shares in Anthropic. [He told Business Insider he received multiple offers, including some from Anthropic employees.](https://www.businessinsider.com/trade-his-4-8-million-estate-for-anthropic-shares-2026-4)\n\nIn contrast to the anemic national housing market, [San Francisco home prices have skyrocketed 19% year over year, ](https://www.redfin.com/city/17151/CA/San-Francisco/housing-market#demand)driven by a surge in AI valuations. On average, homes sell after 14 days on the market, compared to 20 days last year, according to Zillow data. [Tales abound ](https://x.com/KatieS/status/2047055448352899382?s=20)about buyers being flooded with multiple offers and houses going for significantly over their listing prices.\n\nRental prices are rising by more than 21%, with the average one-bedroom apartment costing $4,000 a month, [according to Zumper.](https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/national-rent-report)\n\nAs OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, housing prices are expected to soar further as employees and early investors cash out and buy homes with their riches.\n\n\"There's probably a decent number of people who are sitting in a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco even though they're earning $400,000 a year and are worth a $100 million,\" Duncan told Business Insider a few weeks ago. \"But they can't access that because their stock is so illiquid, so this gives them an opportunity to diversify.\"\n\nThe listing for Duncan's house has since been removed. Asked for comment, Duncan texted: \"Can't talk about it. Apologies.\"\n\nSwann says she is hoping to have all offers for the Duboce Triangle house in hand next week.\n\n\"If somebody can buy something before they realize their paper wealth, why not?\" she said. \"People create things that have only been in their dreams all the time in San Francisco, so why not do it with real estate?\"", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic", "canonical_source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/sf-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic-or-openai-stock-2026-5", "published_at": "2026-05-28 22:43:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-28 22:57:21.724941+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Rachel Swann", "San Francisco", "Duboce Triangle", "Zillow", "Business Insider"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-seller-of-a-2-9-million-san-francisco-home-is-accepting-payment-in-anthropic.jsonld"}}