Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter
Anthropic's public charter outlines its mission as a Public Benefit Corporation to responsibly develop advanced AI for the benefit of humanity. The document emphasizes solving technical AI safety problems and balancing shareholder financial interests with public welfare.
Why it matters
As frontier AI labs grow, their governance models and safety commitments set crucial precedents for how powerful artificial intelligence systems are regulated and deployed.
Skip to main content News Research Policy Commitments Company Try Claude Our charter is to responsibly develop and maintain advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity. Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), a designation that requires us to balance the financial interests of shareholders with the benefit to the broader public.
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