Overview

• On May 28, 2025, Anthropic’s independent Long Term Benefit Trust named Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to its board of directors.
• Hastings brings decades of executive leadership from Netflix and prior board roles at Microsoft, Facebook and Bloomberg.
• His $50 million gift to Bowdoin College for an AI and Humanity research initiative reflects a shared emphasis on ethical frameworks and societal impacts.
• Anthropic secured $3.5 billion in March at a $61.5 billion valuation, drawing capital from investors such as Amazon, Google and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
• Founded by former OpenAI researchers Dario and Daniela Amodei in 2021, Anthropic operates as a public benefit corporation focused on building safe, steerable AI systems.