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1 / 4Anthropic's IPO filing shows $2.75 million for Dario Amodei's security, and calls the founders' giving pledge revocable×

The security bill

Anthropic spent $2,745,874 in 2025 on personal security for its chief executive, more than four times his $654,167 salary, and $1,293,629 protecting president Daniela Amodei, its S-1 shows, as reported by Fortune and summarized by The Next Web.

The pay

His total 2025 pay was $17,958,298, mostly stock and options.

The pledge

The filing calls the seven co-founders' pledge to give away 80% of their equity "voluntary, revocable expressions" of intent that "do not constitute legally binding obligations," and shows Amodei holding irrevocable proxies to vote 4,621,120 shares already donated.

The market

The listing itself has no price range yet. CNBC reported on Saturday that the IPO market has been mostly frozen since SpaceX's June offering, with Oura postponing, and quoted Futurum's Daniel Newman calling a listing now "extremely cautious, if not just foolish."

Sources and the full story

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Anthropic's IPO filing shows $2.75 million for Dario Amodei's security, and calls the founders' giving pledge revocable

Anthropic spent $2,745,874 in 2025 on personal security for its chief executive, more than four times his $654,167 salary, and $1,293,629 protecting president Daniela Amodei, its S-1 shows, as reported by Fortune and summarized by The Next Web. His total 2025 pay was $17,958,298, mostly stock and options. The filing calls the seven co-founders' pledge to give away 80% of their equity "voluntary, revocable expressions" of intent that "do not constitute legally binding obligations," and shows Amodei holding irrevocable proxies to vote 4,621,120 shares already donated.

The listing itself has no price range yet. CNBC reported on Saturday that the IPO market has been mostly frozen since SpaceX's June offering, with Oura postponing, and quoted Futurum's Daniel Newman calling a listing now "extremely cautious, if not just foolish." SourcesBB

Sources

• BDario Amodei security cost and philanthropy pledge (The Next Web)thenextweb.com
• BAnthropic's path to the Nasdaq just got a lot bumpier (CNBC)cnbc.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 1st 2026.