Morning Edition · Sunday, September 27, 2026Published at 2:30 AM EDT · New York

Anthropic's Seven Co-Founders Ask Shareholders for 50.1 Percent of the Vote Before Listing

Each of the seven holds roughly 2 percent of the equity, and the proposed super-voting share class, modeled on Palantir Technologies' structure, carries no economic value. It lapses only if fewer than three of the founders keep a minimum stake.

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a dual-class share structure that would give chief executive Dario Amodei and his six co-founders a combined 50.1 percent of the vote on most corporate matters. The request, first reported by The…