Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has declined to clarify whether it intends to distribute shares from its newly announced public benefit fund directly to American citizens.
The company announced on Sunday that it plans to commit 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund. This fund is designed to support nonprofit donations or direct distributions to specific populations. According to the company, the fund will start with 5% of Anthropic’s shares, with the potential to increase to roughly 20% of the company’s total shares as its value grows.
“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,” Anthropic stated in a Sunday post on X.
Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei arrives to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Sept. 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
When queried by Fox News Digital on whether these shares would be distributed directly to American children or families, Anthropic did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Monday.
In response to Anthropic’s announcement on X, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk urged the AI company to take a more direct approach, recommending that the shares be given directly to the public.
Musk later pledged to give one SpaceX share to every child in America next year, though he has not explained how the giveaway would work. (Getty Images)
Following this, Musk wrote on X, “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.”
President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon thanked Musk for his pledge, writing on Truth Social: “A BIG THANK YOU to our legendary friend, Elon Musk, for his incredible generosity in giving SpaceX Stock to millions of American children through TRUMP ACCOUNTS! This is exactly what was envisioned when we created TRUMP ACCOUNTS — Bringing together the GREAT PRIVATE SECTOR, Elon and so many more, to invest in our children, by far our greatest and most important asset, and give every American Child a piece of the American Dream.”
