Anthropic was beaten to the punch by a salad dressing company

What do you do when you think your company’s technology may fundamentally alter the fabric of the economy—or rend it apart entirely? Anthropic, which is widely rumored to be approaching a record-setting IPO, apparently has an answer: Cut the public in on a piece of whatever comes next. Last week, the company announced that it would dedicate 5% of its shares to a company-owned public benefit trust. If Anthropic’s products are as lucrative as its sky-high valuation suggests, those shares could be worth billions on day one—and could grow to be worth hundreds of billions over time. By my calculati