PodcastThis Week in StartupsOctober 20, 2026
Anthropic Gives Away 5% of Its Shares, Clone’s Muscle Robot, ElevenLabs Steals Podcaster's Voice
Anthropic and Musk are pioneering mass equity-distribution models (public benefit funds, per-baby shares) that could reshape public AI sentiment and wealth structures.
- Anthropic's giveaway: Anthropic pledged 5% equity to a Public Benefit Fund (undisclosed baseline at a $2T valuation), worth ~$100B at that stake.
- Musk one-ups it: Elon Musk countered by pledging one SpaceX share to every U.S. child (~3.6M births/year), via the Trump-branded Invest America accounts.
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