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We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new wholly owned entity dedicated entirely to the public benefit. It will start off with 5% of our shares. For every 50% increase in the company’s value over a set baseline, we can contribute up to an extra 2%, subject to our board’s discretion. In total, this means that roughly 20% of Anthropic’s shares are committed to the public good. Our co-founders have already pledged to donate 80% of their equity, and around half our employees are donating a portion of their equity as part of a donation matching program we’ve run since our founding. In the post below, we share more details about our new fund. anthropic.com/news/public-be…

Investing in the public benefit

We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity with a structure that increases the stake as the company grows.

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Oct 18, 2026 · 6:07 PM UTC

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Self-appointed Public Saviors are the worst. Think Bill Gates, but with even more money. Plastic meat, eugenics, NGOs that cause all sorts of damage. The Anthropic IPO could be the worst thing that ever happened. Until the Open AI IPO. We'd all be better off if they both fail.
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Public benefit?? Just donate the shares to every single American child via the Trump accounts. This could help ensure the future of millions of children
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Well, I've lost 80% of my income over the past 3 years thanks to AI like yours. Where can I apply to your "public benefit fund" to get that money returned to me?
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So, basically you’re going to do what most tech-fascists do? Fund leftist NGOs to burn our civilization to the ground?
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We don't want a few tiny scraps of equity in your evil, reckless, anti-human company. We want you to stop trying to build Artificial Superintelligence. You are traitors to humanity, and we will never forgive you.
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Why won’t you just donate directly to the American people? You’re not fooling anyone. You’re putting this cash into politics.
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So it’s not AI that will kill us it’s the humans behind it and their suicidal empathy. Good to know.
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Donating to yourself isn't a donation
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Oh brother. A ‘public benefit’ fund managed by people who claim their products will kill us all? So what will the fund be used for? To buy burial plots? How benevolent of you! You know, some fund organizations already serving the public. Why not just do that? We know the answer.
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For me, charity has always been associated with money laundering and corruption. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
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In case AI doesn't destroy humanity quickly enough you'll help by funding idiotic leftist causes
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I am not kidding, just put it directly into Trump accounts in a way that it cannot be sold to anyone other than new buyers or new kids etc. this way it prevents being bought by institutions and still stays with the masses u intend to help. Otherwise all you are creating is a BIG FAT BLOATED EVIL NGO !!
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"public benefit" = "the people" = "Communism" = "anti-civilization" - Follow the money
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For anyone who does not understand how the world works, this is how you buy politicians and public opinion (and make everything worse)
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Could push for doing it this way universally. Annual stock issuance into a fund with pipes that go to everyone. scottsantens.com/how-do-we-p…

How Do We Pay for Universal Basic Income? Tax Stock the Way Companies Already Issue It.

A 1.5% annual stock dilution tax on corporations with revenue over $100M would raise over $1.4 trillion a year — enough to send every American about $365 a month, automatically. Corporations issue...

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Great. Another communist slush fund. If you were serious about helping citizens you'd do what the Dell family has done. We see you.
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Directly to the public, not to AI safety nonprofits.
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Those who complain it's not enough- Please stop with the never ending victim mentality. No one owe us anything ever. SO when someone offers kind and or noble gestures, with authenticity, then feel gratitude and make the most out of it. Besides, it's much more noble than what any other politicians or Sam Altman has done- taking OpenAI to ClosedAI or spending money like a drunken sailor..
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Give it to Trump accounts like Elon. Or is this fake philanthropy and you will give it to your friends NGOs and they will take huge salaries. Seeing as you are not as benevolent as Elon, even thought you claim to be, it’s probably the NGO route
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Donate the shares to kids’ Trump accounts. That would be the best thing Anthropic could do for the public good. But will you? Probably not. Because the cache and power of having people kneel at the throne to ask for a check is too enticing. Please prove me wrong.
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Who will control the fund? I don’t trust a small group from the west coast to serve the interest of all Americans. They’d do more harm than good I’m afraid.
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In other words, it will be going to left wing NGO's and foreigners and will actually be terrible for the 'public good' of the USA and Americans.
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Zuckerberg tried something like this. It didn’t help. Donate directly to US families.
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Who determines what the "public good" is? What id a majority of Americans disagree with Anthropic's decisions regarding what is for the "public good". Seems like a DEI program.
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People are concerned what public good means. We have seen a lot of causes that sound good but have deeply wounded our values and rekindled evil. Real outcomes. And if you can find, beyond that, a good purpose that preferably most people would agree with wholeheartedly, and not just those of a certain political side, I urge you to share it. Our societies need real things to look forward to, and some emphasis on things that we can make better together and care about together.
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Ah yes, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation 2.0 Can’t wait for the next attempt at Covid
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"for every 50% increase in valuation" So... every trillion ???
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If you're going to do something like this, just cut a check to every American child. Just like the Trump accounts. This concept of giving to the "public good" is subjective. A lot of things considered a "public good" in the US are neither public nor good.
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Your naive leftist ideology is going to subvert all of your technological progress. Hippie leftism is fundamentally incompatible with objective reality and intelligence based on truth. You're going to get robbed blind by people who hate you.
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I say just donate it to Chabad
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Does "public benefit" just mean commie politicians?
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I recommend giving the shares directly to the public
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Who are the formal beneficiaries of the “Anthropic Public Benefit Fund,” @DarioAmodei? Is this fund for the global or domestic public, or just a subset of the U.S. public? If so, what are the characteristics of that subset? I’d like to know if my name is on that list. I don’t accept charity, but I might make an exception if I’m one of no more than five beneficiaries. This is not a joke. It’s a principle: I can’t accept a charitable amount I can earn on my own, but 1% of Anthropic hits the mark. If this is intended to bait the federal government into taking a stake in Anthropic, then offer 49% and commit to taking full responsibility for the model’s security and behavior, as well as Anthropic’s financial security.
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Just give them directly to the public instead of creating new parasites
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So you are establishing your own USAID? Got it
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