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 .