Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter

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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. Our Public Benefit Report takes stock of what we are doing to serve the public benefit, and of the work ahead. Read our 2026 Public Benefit ReportPillar 1The technical problems of AI safety are solved. Powerful AI can be developed and deployed without severe, irreversible harms. Pillar 2AI safety is a universal practice backstopped by law.

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