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▶ 21:00 · $ANTHROPIC · Anthropic founders cement voting control via dual-class shares ahead of IPO while LTBT retains board majority
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The Information

OpenAI Slows Model Development After AI Hack, Anthropic Founders Grab Voting Power Ahead of IPO

2026-08-20 · 3 company · 13 thematic
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Leads Whisper, a voice AI startup that raised $280M at $2B valuation; building product-first voice interaction models with privacy-opt-in data strategy targeting mainstream adoption.

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Reporter covering AI and robotics for The Information, author of a column on compute access challenges for AI startups training their own models.

corey weinberg

Corey Weinberg is a senior reporter at The Information who authored a profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and covers AI company business models.

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“they are essentially using this IPO or at least expecting to planning to things could change but they are using this IPO as a chance to cement more hard power and in the corporate world that means voting power that means ultimate sway over…”
—corey weinberg
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