Anthropic Prepares Supervoting Shares for Founders Before IPO
The company seeks to shield leaders from outside shareholder pressure ahead of a potential record IPO.
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The Information reported that Anthropic is preparing to issue a special class of stock with extra voting power to CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders. The move would help insulate them from outside shareholder pressure. The outlet cited two people familiar with the matter. It noted that Amodei owns roughly two percent of the company. Several posts on X highlighted the scoop and discussed the founders' modest equity stakes ahead of what could become the biggest IPO in history.
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Jessica Lessin@JessicalessinDario owns roughly two percent of Anthropic. I repeat: Dario owns roughly two percent of Anthropic. That and more exclusive IPO details from @coryweinberg @theinformation…
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JL Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin@jasonlkI don’t have all the details But I would have given the guy a top-up grant https://twitter.com/jessicalessin/status/2089829745768960074
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AP Anthony Pompliano 🌪@APomplianoI don’t know what is crazier…Dario only owning 2% of Anthropic or 2% of Anthropic being worth about $20 billion.
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VP Valida Pau@validapauScoop w/ @coryweinberg: Anthropic is preparing to give Dario and other cofounders a class of stock with extra voting power ahead of an IPO that could be the biggest in history.…
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LB Lucas Beyer (bl16)@giffmanaThey should call it ultravoting shares https://twitter.com/amir/status/2089818238041592208
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T2 Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTexClaude Shares (max) https://twitter.com/amir/status/2089818238041592208
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