In Brief Posted: 1:37 PM PDT · October 18, 2026
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Anthropic announced Sunday that it will set up a “public benefit fund” designed to give the company more flexibility and scale for projects that serve the public good. The firm said it will allocate 5 percent of its shares to the fund, which will operate as a wholly owned entity within Anthropic. It also disclosed a provision to add another 2 percent of shares for every 50 percent rise in the company’s valuation.
The company offered a few high‑level ideas about how the fund might be used, including large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations. Anthropic has already earmarked $200 million to study how AI could affect the labor market, and it noted that “given the pace of AI progress, bolder approaches may be needed. The Fund will have the versatility to pursue them.”
The move comes as the AI sector grapples with growing public skepticism, a situation CEO Dario Amodei described as “fundamentally a crisis of trust.” Anthropic said it will reveal more details about the fund’s structure and governance in the coming months.