Anthropic has filed its Form S-1 with the SEC, setting up a Nasdaq listing under the ticker ANT, and its proposed structure splits ownership, voting and board control across five share classes. Class F, a single share held by the founders' LLC with no economic rights, gives the co-founders 50.1% of total votes on general corporate matters, while Class T, held by the Long Term Benefit Trust, carries the sole right to elect and remove a board majority. Class N gives strategic cloud partners such as Amazon full financial ownership but no votes, and as a Delaware public benefit corporation, the board must weigh financial returns against responsible AI development for humanity's long-term benefit. The article contrasts this with the dual-class structures at Alphabet, Meta (where Mark Zuckerberg holds a 61% voting majority) and SpaceX, arguing that public investors in Class A shares receive financial exposure while governance rests with Class F and Class T holders.
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