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Discovery19 October 2026

Anthropic ties more of its growth to public benefit

Anthropic wants a growing share of the company to fund work beyond the business. The structure is unusual — but important details are still missing.

AI companies often talk about benefiting society. On 18 October, Anthropic described a more concrete structure: a new fund will hold shares in the company and may use their value for purposes such as grants to nonprofits or direct payments to people. According to Anthropic, 5 percent of its shares…