Anthropic 创始人为 IPO 寻求投票控制权
原标题:Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
AI 摘要
据 The Information 报道,Anthropic 正请求股东批准一项股权结构,使 CEO Dario Amodei 与六位联合创始人获得合计 50.1% 投票权的特殊股份,前提是至少三人保持最低持股。此举旨在公司 IPO 后维持创始团队控制权,类似 Meta、Snap 的超级投票权安排,但以团队形式出现较为罕见。创始人各仅持股约 2%,且承诺捐出 80% 财富;新股份不带额外经济权益。Anthropic 的 Long-Term Benefit Trust 仍将选出多数董事,创始人董事会席位将从两席增至三席。
正文节选
Anthropic’s founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to The Information, the company is asking shareholders to approve a structure “in the coming days” that would give CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders special shares carrying a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters, as long as at least three of them keep a minimum stake. This isn’t a new idea; super-voting shares are how Mark Zuckerberg kept control of Meta, and how Evan Spiegel maintained hi