Investing in the Public Benefit

Anthropic is committing an initial 5% of company shares to a newly created Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, with an additional 2% added at the board's discretion for every 50% increase in company value above a set baseline. The Fund is structured as a wholly-owned LLC to maximize flexibility across donation types, including direct distributions and grants to traditional nonprofits. Combined with existing co-founder pledges and an employee equity donation match program — in which approximately half of Anthropic's workforce participates — roughly 20% of Anthropic shares are now dedicated to public benefit purposes, with potential for more at valuation milestones. One priority area is AI's labor market disruption, where Anthropic has already committed $200 million and signals that bolder interventions may follow through the Fund. No Fund equity will be used for lobbying or political giving. Anthropic will publish governance details, valuation milestone thresholds, and a public benefit progress report in the coming months.