--- title: Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO... description: Anthropic's seven co-founders will retain 50.1% of voting power after the company's IPO through a new Founder LLC, according to a draft filing reviewed by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO through Founder LLC | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic's seven co-founders will retain 50.1% of voting power after the company's IPO through a new Founder LLC, according to a draft filing reviewed by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kOu0eQhaX.png og:image:alt: Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO through Founder LLC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO through Founder LLC **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic's seven co-founders will retain 50.1% of voting power after the company's IPO through a new Founder LLC, according to a draft filing reviewed by Reuters. Founders will decide by majority vote how to cast a single Class F share carrying that voting weight, intended to protect the company's mission from market pressure, though the filing itself warns this could conflict with shareholders' financial interests. Anthropic will remain a Delaware public benefit corporation, with four board seats filled by its Long-Term Benefit Trust, whose members include Ben Bernanke. The filing also discloses 2025 pay of roughly $18m for Dario Amodei and $16.4m for Daniela Amodei; all seven founders have pledged 80% of their stakes to charity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How will Anthropic's founders retain control of the company after it goes public? Anthropic's seven co-founders will hold 50.1% of voting power through a new Founder LLC that collectively casts a single Class F share. Majority vote among the founders decides how that share is cast on major decisions like board member selection. Public Class A shares carry one vote each, while strategic partner shares carry very few votes, based on a draft IPO filing reviewed by Reuters. _Follow how AI companies structure governance and IPOs on daily.dev as the space matures._ ### What happens to Anthropic's special Founder LLC voting share if founders leave the company? A founder loses their place in the Founder LLC if they leave the company, die, sell too many shares, or are removed for cause, according to the draft filing. Once two or fewer founders (or their successors) remain, the special Class F share carrying 50.1% of the vote begins to phase out entirely. _Track evolving corporate governance structures at AI labs like Anthropic on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-reportedly-upped-its-latest-raise-to-20b-p0nefbmhr) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-raises-65-billion-nears-1t-valuation-ahead-of-ipo-sgkrla5x1) · TechCrunch · 10 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ipo](https://daily.dev/tags/ipo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO through Founder LLC","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T07:12:32.902Z","dateModified":"2026-10-02T03:23:34.902Z","description":"Anthropic's seven co-founders will retain 50.1% of voting power after the company's IPO through a new Founder LLC, according to a draft filing reviewed by...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/40ceca8e7577420d46ea84e571d385d2?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/40ceca8e7577420d46ea84e571d385d2?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"anthropic,ipo","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anthropic founders to keep 50.1% of votes after IPO through Founder LLC"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-founders-to-keep-50-1-of-votes-after-ipo-through-founder-llc-kou0eqhax#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How will Anthropic's founders retain control of the company after it goes public?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Anthropic's seven co-founders will hold 50.1% of voting power through a new Founder LLC that collectively casts a single Class F share. 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