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Anthropic grants founders 50.1% voting control via Founder LLC

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC · How we work

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Anthropic formed a Founder LLC giving its seven co-founders 50.1% voting control.
The company remains a Public Benefit Corporation, allowing leaders to balance investor returns with humanity.
CEO Dario Amodei earned nearly $18 million and President Daniela Amodei $16.4 million in 2025.
All seven co-founders pledged to donate 80% of their Anthropic equity to charitable causes.
Anthropic launched Opus 5.5 on September 22 and Sonnet 5.5 later, priced at $4/$20 and $2/$10 per million tokens.

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Story summary

Anthropic formed a Founder LLC giving its seven co-founders 50.1% voting control.
The company remains a Public Benefit Corporation, allowing leaders to balance investor returns with humanity.
CEO Dario Amodei earned nearly $18 million and President Daniela Amodei $16.4 million in 2025.
All seven co-founders pledged to donate 80% of their Anthropic equity to charitable causes.
Anthropic launched Opus 5.5 on September 22 and Sonnet 5.5 later, priced at $4/$20 and $2/$10 per million tokens.