Anthropic IPO: Founders Get Super-Voting Shares

Anthropic, the maker of the AI assistant Claude, plans to issue super-voting shares to its CEO and co-founders. This move will give Dario Amodei and the founding team outsized control over company decisions. This restructuring comes as Anthropic prepares for a potential IPO, which could happen as early as September or October 2026. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley are reportedly involved in the offering. Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation and also operates a Long-Term Benefit Trust. The super-voting shares are designed to work with this existing structure, allowing founders to retain strategic control. The company recently closed a Series H funding round, raising $65 billion and achieving a post-money valuation of $965 billion. Investor conversations have floated a potential IPO valuation exceeding $2 trillion. The bottom line is this governance structure aims to protect the company's long-term AI research and safety mission from short-term market pressures.