must feel good to be an Anthropic co-founder
> help build chatgpt at OAI by training on world's collective knowledge
> keep model weights closed to extract max profit from every token you sell
> leave and launch a direct competitor
> spend years and millions lobbying washington on how dangerous your own models are
> get designated a supply chain risk by the pentagon and fail to ban OSS anyway
> pay $1.5bn to settle over 500k pirated books (while watching equity value rocket past $2tn)
> predict you will soon create a "country of geniuses in a data center", warn that half of entry level white collar jobs will vanish, and sell the dream of curing cancer
> have your staff call it presumptuous to expect your company to make money
> meanwhile have your company buy back your shares above fair value, then sell again in a second tender and into the IPO
> pledge 80% to charity, which your own s1 calls "voluntary, revocable" and "not legally binding"
> keep a fixed 50.1% of the votes through one share, even after selling 98%
> help pick the trustees who pick the board
> park 5% of the company in a "public benefit fund" you co-run
> have shareholders cover the private jet for personal use
> call it a public benefit corporation anyway