Anthropic Commits 5% of Equity to Public Benefit Fund; Musk Promises SpaceX Stock for Every US Kid
APPSO · wechat · 2026-10-21
Anthropic announced a shareholder-approved Public Benefit Fund that will hold equity worth 5% of the company, structured as a wholly-owned LLC with a dynamic top-up mechanism: for every 50% market-cap increase, the board can transfer roughly 2% more shares, tying future company upside to public interest. For comparison, the OpenAI Foundation holds 26% of OpenAI Group, valued around $130B.
Musk responded by promising SpaceX stock for every US child starting 2027 and revived his Universal High Income (UHI) thesis — beyond UBI, UHI argues AI and robots will massively raise productivity and drive costs toward zero. Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke pushed back, noting AI requires enormous power, water and datacenter investment. The article also connects Musk's "1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years" prediction to his "sustainable abundance" vision.
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