Deals
Report: Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for its co-founders
Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a structure giving CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders a combined 50.1% of voting power ahead of a possible IPO, The Information reported, according to Reuters. Per the report, the special share class, modeled on Palantir’s founder-control setup, would cover most corporate matters as long as three of the seven co-founders keep a minimum stake, but not board elections; employees would get tie-breaker shares on some issues, and Anthropic did not immediately respond to Reuters. This is a reported proposal awaiting a shareholder vote, not an approved change, and not Akamai’s $11.6B cloud deal with Anthropic.