Overview
- Reporting says Anthropic plans to ask shareholders to create a special share class that would give CEO Dario Amodei and six co‑founders a combined 50.1% of voting power on most corporate matters.
- The proposed design would mirror founder-control models used by other tech firms and would only apply while at least three of the seven co‑founders keep a minimum stake.
- A specific carve‑out would remove the election of the company’s board from founders’ voting control, giving public shareholders a direct role in choosing directors.
- Anthropic also plans a separate employee share class that the company says would act as tie‑breaker votes on certain issues, tying staff equity to governance outcomes.
- The move comes as Anthropic readies a major IPO that could be timed after the U.S. midterm elections, and the company has not publicly commented on the reported proposal.