Anthropic seeks Palantir-style voting control for seven co-founders ahead of IPO, The Information reports


FILE PHOTO: An Anthropic logo is displayed at Moscone Center during the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco, California, US, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Sept 24 (Reuters) - ⁠Anthropic is asking ⁠shareholders to approve a ‌new corporate structure that would award CEO Dario Amodei ​and his six ⁠cofounders a ⁠special class of shares giving ⁠them ‌collective voting control in ⁠most corporate matters, The Information ​reported ‌on Thursday.

The new arrangement, ⁠which ​emulates a founder-control structure at Palantir, would ⁠grant the co-founders a ​combined 50.1% of voting power, as long as ⁠three of the seven co-founders retain a minimum number of shares ​in ⁠the company, as per ​the report.

(Reporting by ‌Harshita Mary Varghese ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)

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