Anthropic Files S-1 Registration for Nasdaq IPO Under Ticker ANT

Anthropic, PBC filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 26 to conduct an initial public offering of its Class A common stock ¹. The artificial intelligence firm intends to list its shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "ANT" ¹. The preliminary prospectus does not disclose the expected share price range or the total offering size ¹.

According to the regulatory filing, the company is incorporated as a Delaware public benefit corporation tasked with advancing artificial intelligence safely for the benefit of humanity ¹. To support this mandate, Anthropic introduced a corporate structure featuring five distinct share classes, including non-economic voting blocks for its founders, employees, and an independent governance trust ¹.

Governance Structure and Voting Control

Under the proposed terms, Anthropic will grant a single share of Class F common stock to an entity owned by Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei, President Daniela Amodei, and five other co-founders ¹. This Class F share provides no economic rights but confers 50.1% of the total voting power over general stockholder matters, allowing the co-founders to retain majority voting power ¹.

Board oversight is split with the Long-Term Benefit Trust, an independent body created to govern AI safety responsibilities ¹. The trust holds Class T common stock, which carries no economic interest but grants the exclusive power to elect and dismiss Class T directors, who will represent a majority of the board of directors ¹. The filing also creates non-economic Class E shares for non-founder employees and non-voting Class N shares held primarily by strategic partners ¹.