Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust

Overview

• Anthropic named Ben Bernanke to its Long‑Term Benefit Trust, adding to a panel designed to guard the company’s long‑term public‑interest mission.
• Trust members hold no equity and have the power to appoint and remove a majority of Anthropic’s board and to advise senior management on major decisions.
• Bernanke is a Nobel laureate and former Federal Reserve chair whose statement said AI’s outcomes will depend partly on the institutions built around it.
• The appointment comes as Anthropic faces product withdrawals and legal disputes with the U.S. government and reports of a roughly $1 trillion valuation and a planned IPO, details that remain reported estimates.
• Anthropic created the trust to embed long‑term stewardship into its governance, and the company says the new oversight is intended to signal stronger risk management to regulators, customers and investors.