--- title: Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out description: Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, predicts that the massive wealth being generated by AI in Silicon Valley will inevitably be redistributed — either... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out | daily.dev og:description: Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, predicts that the massive wealth being generated by AI in Silicon Valley will inevitably be redistributed — either... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5tnc2oKGn.png og:image:alt: Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 8 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, predicts that the massive wealth being generated by AI in Silicon Valley will inevitably be redistributed — either voluntarily through philanthropy or involuntarily through taxation. The piece contextualizes this against declining charitable giving trends, California's proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax, OpenAI's potential IPO timing, and historical parallels to the Gilded Age. Forbes counted 45 new AI billionaires in 2026 alone, worth a combined $2.9 trillion, while the top 1% of U.S. households now hold 31.7% of national wealth. Rimer draws on Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth and FDR's 'soak-the-rich' tax as historical precedents, arguing tech leaders should proactively choose voluntary redistribution before political forces impose it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of an employee's equity will Anthropic match for charitable donations? Anthropic matches employee donations of up to 25% of their equity to charity. However, a financial planner who works with several newly wealthy Anthropic employees noted that most of his clients were not building large-scale philanthropy into their financial plans, focusing instead on angel investing or starting their own companies. _Developers weighing equity and compensation decisions at AI labs follow ecosystem trends like this on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of US household wealth does the top 1% hold as of the most recent Federal Reserve data? The top 1% of U.S. households held 31.7% of total wealth in the third quarter of last year, a record since the Federal Reserve began tracking the data in 1989, roughly equal to what the other 90% of households outside the top decile held combined. That is still below the 45% share the top 1% held at the Gilded Age peak in 1916. _Anyone tracking how AI-driven fortunes reshape the economy can follow this kind of analysis on daily.dev._ ### How many AI billionaires did Forbes count in its 2026 billionaires list and what is their combined worth? Forbes counted 45 new AI billionaires in its 2026 rankings, worth a combined $2.9 trillion, and that figure was calculated before either Anthropic or OpenAI completed an IPO. Once those two companies go public, their combined employee wealth is projected to be enough to buy nearly a third of all homes in the San Francisco metro area. _Readers watching AI company valuations and IPO plans can keep track of these shifts on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-proposed-donating-5-of-its-equity-to-a-us-sovereign-wealth-fund-cjr7naifi) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Silicon Valley sees AI as the solution – for everyone else](https://daily.dev/posts/silicon-valley-sees-ai-as-the-solution-for-everyone-else-lrvblqjyk) · Hacker News · 51 upvotes · 11 comments - [Palantir’s CEO predicts AI will make him 20x richer while middle-class workers get modest raises](https://daily.dev/posts/palantir-s-ceo-predicts-ai-will-make-him-20x-richer-while-middle-class-workers-get-modest-raises-yapfhjl7g) · The Next Web · 2 upvotes · 5 comments - [The AI utopia South Africa can’t afford](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-utopia-south-africa-can-t-afford-fwadotvy7) · TechCentral · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [Schneier on Security](https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-vjofsvejo) · Schneier on Security · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn"},"datePublished":"2026-07-18T04:49:21.506Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:03:36.563Z","description":"Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, predicts that the massive wealth being generated by AI in Silicon Valley will inevitably be redistributed — either...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1e45e094bc60909d54de5447681544a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1e45e094bc60909d54de5447681544a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,venture-capital","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/neil-rimer-thinks-the-ai-money-is-coming-back-out-5tnc2okgn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What percentage of an employee's equity will Anthropic match for charitable donations?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Anthropic matches employee donations of up to 25% of their equity to charity. 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