Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust appoints Vas Narasimhan to Board of Directors
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust has appointed Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis and physician-scientist, to Anthropic's Board of Directors. The appointment means Trust-appointed directors now constitute a majority of the Board, reinforcing the governance structure designed to balance commercial interests with Anthropic's public benefit mission. Narasimhan brings experience overseeing regulatory approval of over 35 novel medicines and is expected to contribute perspective on deploying powerful technology safely at scale, particularly in healthcare and life sciences.
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Chris Liddell Appointed to Anthropic's Board of Directors
Anthropic has appointed Chris Liddell to its Board of Directors, adding a figure with senior leadership experience at Microsoft, General Motors, and the Trump White House. Liddell joins existing board members Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, Jay Kreps, and Reed Hastings. The appointment is framed around governance expertise for transformative technology, consistent with Anthropic's Public Benefit Corporation structure. Liddell currently also serves on the boards of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Anthropic Publishes Details on Long-Term Benefit Trust Governance Structure
Anthropic has detailed its Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT), an independent five-member body with authority to select and remove a growing portion of Anthropic's Board of Directors, ultimately reaching a majority. The structure is designed to address large-scale externalities from transformative AI—including national security risks, economic disruption, and existential threats—by ensuring corporate governance prioritizes humanity's long-term interests over pure stockholder returns. Paired with Anthropic's Public Benefit Corporation status under Delaware law, the LTBT is intended to intervene primarily in extreme or long-range scenarios rather than day-to-day commercial decisions. The announcement was originally published September 19, 2023.
Jay Kreps appointed to Anthropic's Board of Directors
Anthropic has appointed Jay Kreps, co-founder and CEO of Confluent, to its Board of Directors, effective May 29, 2024. Kreps was appointed by Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust and brings expertise in data infrastructure and enterprise software scaling. Separately, Luke Muehlhauser is stepping down from the board to focus on his work at Open Philanthropy.
Richard Fontaine, national security expert, appointed to Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) has appointed Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, as a new trustee. Fontaine brings extensive government experience spanning the National Security Council, State Department, Capitol Hill, and the Defense Policy Board. The appointment signals Anthropic's increasing focus on the intersection of advanced AI capabilities and geopolitical/national security risks, and strengthens the LTBT's oversight role in guiding Anthropic's public benefit mission.
Reed Hastings appointed to Anthropic's board of directors
Anthropic announced that Reed Hastings, Netflix co-founder and former CEO, has been appointed to its board of directors by the Long Term Benefit Trust. Hastings brings prior board experience at Facebook, Microsoft, and Bloomberg, and has recently made a $50M gift to Bowdoin College for an AI and Humanity research initiative. The appointment signals Anthropic's effort to build governance expertise around AI's societal impact as the company moves toward a potential IPO.
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar appointed to Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust has appointed Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court Justice and current Carnegie Endowment for International Peace president, as a new member. Cuéllar brings expertise in law, governance, and international affairs, including co-leading California's Working Group on AI Frontier Models alongside Fei-Fei Li. The announcement also notes the departure of founding trustees Kanika Bahl and Zachary Robinson, who helped establish the Trust's governance role since 2023. The LTBT is an independent body with no financial stake in Anthropic that selects board members and advises on maximizing AI benefits while mitigating risks.
Krishna Rao joins Anthropic as Chief Financial Officer
Anthropic has appointed Krishna Rao as its Chief Financial Officer, effective May 21, 2024. Rao brings nearly 20 years of finance leadership experience from roles at Fanatics Commerce, Cedar, and Airbnb, where he helped navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and led over $10 billion in capital raises including Airbnb's IPO. The hire signals Anthropic's focus on scaling financial operations to support enterprise growth and international expansion.
Anthropic Names Chris Ciauri as Managing Director of International, Announces Global Enterprise Expansion
Anthropic announced the appointment of Chris Ciauri as Managing Director of International, alongside expanded global offices in Dublin, London, Zurich, and Tokyo. The company disclosed run-rate revenue growth from $87M at the start of 2024 to over $5B in August 2025, with enterprise customers growing from under 1,000 to over 300,000 in two years. The announcement includes deployment case studies from NBIM, the European Parliament, Novo Nordisk, SK Telecom, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Rakuten, United Airlines, and TELUS, illustrating broad international enterprise adoption of Claude.