Anthropic founders pledge 80% equity to charity as IPO targets valuation above $2 trillion

  • Anthropic’s seven co-founders pledged most of their personal company equity to charitable causes.
  • 80% of the founders’ personal equity is covered by the charitable commitment.
  • A Founder LLC will control 50.1% of voting power through one Class F share.

Anthropic’s seven co-founders have pledged to donate 80% of their personal equity in the company to charitable causes, according to its IPO filing, as the artificial intelligence lab targets a valuation of more than $2 trillion. The commitment includes CEO Dario Amodei, President Daniela Amodei and five other co-founders. A Founder LLC will control a single Class F share carrying 50.1% of total voting power on key corporate matters, allowing the founders to retain control. Anthropic’s mission is to benefit humanity through responsible AI, and the company says AI could transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity or the internet. The filing also comes amid Amodei’s calls to slow AI development, a position supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. CEO Elon Musk but criticized by President Donald Trump. Anthropic has donated $40 million to Public First Action, while security researchers recently used Claude to breach OpenAI’s internal systems, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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