Anthropic sets aside 5% of shares for public trust

Anthropic plans to allocate 5% of its equity to a public benefit trust to share future wealth as AI advances. After a potential IPO the stake could be worth billions, and potentially hundreds of billions over time.

• Anthropic will place 5% of shares in a public trust
• At Google's 2004 scale the stake would be worth ~$184B
• The company is preparing for a record-setting IPO
• The trust does not address compensation for data creators