--- title: Anthropic is preparing supervoting shares for its... description: Anthropic is setting up a dual-class share structure that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his co-founders supervoting shares ahead of an IPO that could be one... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Anthropic is preparing supervoting shares for its founders before the IPO | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic is setting up a dual-class share structure that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his co-founders supervoting shares ahead of an IPO that could be one... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vQW71tXnL.png og:image:alt: Anthropic is preparing supervoting shares for its founders before the IPO 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 is preparing supervoting shares for its founders before the IPO **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic is setting up a dual-class share structure that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his co-founders supervoting shares ahead of an IPO that could be one of the largest ever, according to The Information and confirmed by Bloomberg. Amodei owns only about 2% of the company, one of the smallest stakes for a founder-CEO taking a company public, and the seven co-founders reportedly hold roughly equal stakes. A separate long-term trust would control board membership, reinforcing founder control. Anthropic was valued at $965bn in May, its revenue run rate topped $65bn by end of July, and it posted over $11.5bn in quarterly revenue. The company is also expanding its pre-IPO credit facility past $10bn with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, and could list as soon as this autumn, ahead of OpenAI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why does Anthropic need supervoting shares if Dario Amodei barely owns any equity? Dario Amodei owns only about 2% of Anthropic, one of the smallest stakes ever held by a founder-CEO taking a company public. Supervoting shares would give him and his six co-founders, who each hold a roughly equal slice of the company, outsized voting power so their control isn't diluted once public shareholders buy in. _Follow how AI company governance structures evolve ahead of major IPOs on daily.dev._ ### How does Anthropic's governance structure compare to other dual-class tech IPOs like SpaceX? Anthropic is reportedly combining supervoting founder shares with a long-term trust that controls board membership, similar in spirit to dual-class structures at Meta and Snap. Like SpaceX, which expanded its revolver to $5bn before its own record IPO, Anthropic is also boosting its pre-IPO credit facility, reportedly past $10bn, before a possible listing this autumn. _Track how major AI firms structure governance and funding before going public on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic in talks to raise $30bn at a $900bn valuation](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-in-talks-to-raise-30bn-at-a-900bn-valuation-vmw4p4rdt) · The Next Web · 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 - [Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-reportedly-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation-xtec7aao9) · TechCrunch · 2 upvotes · 0 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-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl) ```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 is preparing supervoting shares for its founders before the IPO","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T13:15:44.122Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T22:10:32.882Z","description":"Anthropic is setting up a dual-class share structure that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his co-founders supervoting shares ahead of an IPO that could be one...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0346314cdf6205acbdda1852ebc47ce9?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0346314cdf6205acbdda1852ebc47ce9?_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-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"anthropic,ipo","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@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 is preparing supervoting shares for its founders before the IPO"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-is-preparing-supervoting-shares-for-its-founders-before-the-ipo-vqw71txnl#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does Anthropic need supervoting shares if Dario Amodei barely owns any equity?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dario Amodei owns only about 2% of Anthropic, one of the smallest stakes ever held by a founder-CEO taking a company public. 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