Anthropic is creating a Founder LLC that will hold a single Class F share carrying 50.1% of the voting power on critical corporate matters, including board elections, as the Claude developer prepares for a U.S. IPO. Ordinary Class A shareholders will retain one vote per share, but their collective influence will be structurally limited by the founders’ controlling stake. The company’s filings warn that prioritizing its safety mission could hurt the financial performance of Class A common stock. Anthropic will also remain a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, allowing directors to consider stakeholder interests beyond maximizing shareholder value and making it harder for investors to challenge decisions restricting profitable but potentially dangerous AI capabilities as fiduciary-duty breaches. CEO Dario Amodei and President Daniela Amodei, both former OpenAI researchers, are part of the seven-person founder group. Anthropic was founded in 2021 by the siblings and other former OpenAI personnel, partly over disagreements about the pace and safety of AI development. A Long-Term Benefit Trust, including former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke as a trustee, will gradually gain greater influence over board composition. The founders have pledged 80% of their Anthropic equity to charitable causes. Anthropic was valued at approximately $965 billion as of May 2026, while Dario Amodei’s 2025 total compensation was nearly $18 million. The company confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO in June 2026. Its structure contrasts with the conventional corporate model at Google DeepMind and OpenAI’s transition from nonprofit to for-profit governance, while potentially creating concerns for investors because the company has disclosed that long-term safety priorities may take precedence over short-term returns.