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# “Brandon and I pledged 50% of our equity.”

Jason D. Clinton 🔸 (@JasonDClinton), X, 2026-10-18.
Source: https://x.com/JasonDClinton/status/2111944917840994774

## Archived text

> Brandon and I pledged 50% of our equity. This was the principal reason that I left Google for Anthropic. The existence of this kind of program was a costly signal that Anthropic wasn’t just talk, at a time when Anthropic didn’t even have a released model. Fund a bright future!
> 
> > Quoting @AnthropicAI: We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new wholly owned entity dedicated entirely to the public benefit.
> > 
> > It will start off with 5% of our shares. For every 50% increase in the company’s value over a set baseline, we can contribute up to an extra 2%, subject to our board’s discretion.
> > 
> > In total, this means that roughly 20% of Anthropic’s shares are committed to the public good. Our co-founders have already pledged to donate 80% of their equity, and around half our employees are donating a portion of their equity as part of a donation matching program we’ve run since our founding.
> > 
> > In the post below, we share more details about our new fund.
> > 
> > https://www.anthropic.com/news/public-benefit-fund

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- 2026-10-18: [Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, about 20% of all shares now pledged to the public good](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-18-anthropic-public-benefit-fund-5-percent-shares/)