Anthropic commits roughly 20% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-10-20
- Anthropic announced the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a wholly owned entity seeded with 5% of the company's shares, with up to 2% more for every 50% increase in value above a baseline — roughly 20% of shares committed to public good in total.
- The co-founders have pledged 80% of their equity, and about half of employees donate equity through a matching program.
- Quoting the news, @signulll argues superintelligence will create power-law outcomes that income taxes can't redistribute, and floats "universal equity ownership" where private corporations directly finance social welfare.
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