Anthropic commits ~20% of shares to public benefit fund; Musk says give them to the public
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-19
Anthropic announced the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a wholly owned entity starting with 5% of its shares, with up to an extra 2% contributed for every 50% valuation increase over a baseline—roughly 20% of shares in total. Elon Musk replied that Anthropic should instead "give the shares directly to the public."
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