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Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’

Oct 19, 2026 · curated by Catalyst Web Trendz

The company offered some broad-strokes ideas for how this money might actually be used, such as “large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations.”

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