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Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay
Source: The Verge · Published
Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Anthropic wants to have it both ways. With its impending IPO, it wants to tap the vast riches of the public markets and insists it doesn't want to compromise its core mission of developing AI safely and for th
Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Anthropic wants to have it both ways. With its impending IPO, it wants to tap the vast riches of the public markets and insists it doesn't want to compromise its core mission of developing AI safely and for the benefit of humanity.
But greater model capabilities bring greater risks, and shareholders eager for returns may have little patience for costly safety measures that slow products on their way to market. Sam Altman, the CEO of Anthropic's archrival, OpenAI, has cited investor pressures as one reason the company is not pursuing an IPO this year. Anthropic hopes it can resist investor pressures with a mind-boggling governance structure.
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