# Anthropic launches Public Benefit Fund with 5% of shares

The new entity can receive up to an additional 2% of shares for every 50% increase in company valuation above a set baseline.

- Combined corporate and personal pledges now commit roughly 20% of Anthropic's total shares to public benefit.
- Anthropic's co-founders have committed to donating 80% of their equity.
- Around half of Anthropic employees donate equity through a company donation-matching program.

## Why it matters

Anthropic is formalizing a structure that automatically channels corporate equity growth directly into public benefit initiatives.

## Sources

- [Anthropic: Anthropic launches Public Benefit Fund with 5% of shares](https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2111881963657412903)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-10-18. https://dstilled.ai/story/c96d7103-2084-4eef-9be3-4c2baea758ed