Anthropic incorporated as a public benefit corporation.

TRUE: Anthropic's corporate records (Delaware incorporation or charter filings) or official announcements show that Anthropic (Anthropic PBC) is incorporated as a public benefit corporation and was so as of 2026-05-09. MOSTLY TRUE: it is a PBC, but it took that status by converting or reincorporating after it was founded rather than at its first incorporation. MOSTLY FALSE: a related entity is a PBC but the main operating company is not. FALSE: records show Anthropic is not and was not a public benefit corporation.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Document - SEC.gov U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · 2 November 2026

   “Anthropic, PBC, a public benefit corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware”

2. E2 Document U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · 26 October 2026

   “The undersigned is the duly elected and acting Chief Executive Officer of Anthropic, PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation.”

3. E3 industry, market, and other data U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · 1 June 2026

   “Anthropic, PBC, (the “Company”) is a public benefit corporation (“PBC”) incorporated under Delaware law in January 2021.”

4. E4 The Long-Term Benefit Trust Anthropic · 19 September 2023 Own record

   “One governance feature we have already shared is that Anthropic is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, or PBC.”

Anthropic's SEC registration materials describe Anthropic, PBC as a public benefit corporation incorporated under Delaware law in January 2021 (E3). Other filings call it a Delaware public benefit corporation (E1, E2). Anthropic's own 2023 announcement also says it is a Delaware PBC (E4). Together these show it held PBC status from 2021 through 2026-05-09, and none of the evidence shows a later conversion.