# Anthropic’s prospective $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees under scrutiny

https://mins.news/en/item/45758

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-04 16:22 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/anthropics-2-trillion-ipo-puts-powerful-external-trustees-in-spotlight/

> Anthropic’s planned blockbuster IPO, which could value the Claude maker at as much as $2 trillion, is drawing attention to its experimental governance model. The Long-Term Benefit Trust, a small group of advisers created to protect the lab’s mission of developing AI for humanity’s long-term benefit, owns no equity but controls most of the board, and Anthropic plans to preserve its role after going public.

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