Anthropic Grants Super-Voting Shares to Dario Amodei, Who Holds Only 2% Stake Before September IPO

According to Beating News, Anthropic is preparing to issue high-voting-power shares to CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders, allowing them to maintain greater control after the company's potential September IPO. The initiative addresses the founders' low equity stakes—Dario currently holds approximately 2% of the company. High-voting shares enable founders to exercise greater voting control with fewer shares, reducing pressure from external shareholders post-listing.

Anthropically has an additional governance mechanism: a Long-Term Beneficial Trust, an independent entity that holds special Class T shares granting it the ability to elect a majority of board directors. As confirmed in April this year, trust-appointed directors already constitute a board majority, effectively dual-layering control between high-voting shares and board governance.