Who owns Claude?
Claude is built by Anthropic, an AI company set up as a public benefit corporation.
Claude is built by Anthropic, an AI company that calls itself a Public Benefit Corporation. Its board of directors is elected by stockholders and by a body it calls the Long-Term Benefit Trust. Anthropic's company page does not list investors or ownership shares, so this page does not either. Facts are from anthropic.com as of November 2026.
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Key facts
- Maker of Claude
- Anthropic PBC
- Company type
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Stated purpose
- The responsible development and maintenance of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity
- Board of Directors
- Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, Reed Hastings, Chris Liddell, Vas Narasimhan
- Long-Term Benefit Trust trustees
- Ben Bernanke, Richard Fontaine, Neil Buddy Shah, Christopher Stubbs
- Who elects the board
- Stockholders and the Long-Term Benefit Trust
- Investors and shares
- Not listed on the company page
- Checked
- November 3, 2026
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Questions
Who owns Claude?
Claude is built and run by Anthropic PBC. Anthropic's company page names its board and trustees but does not list investors or ownership shares.
Who makes Claude AI?
Anthropic. Its help center describes Claude as a large language model built by Anthropic, and the company page presents Claude as one of its products.
Is Claude owned by OpenAI, Google or Amazon?
Anthropic's pages do not say. They state that Claude is built by Anthropic PBC, and the company page lists no investors or owners. For funding news, see Anthropic's own announcements.
Is Claude the same as Anthropic?
No. Anthropic is the company. Claude is its AI assistant, which you use at claude.ai or in the apps.
What is a public benefit corporation?
Anthropic describes its own as a corporation whose purpose is the responsible development and maintenance of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity.
Who is on the Anthropic board?
Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, Reed Hastings, Chris Liddell and Vas Narasimhan, as listed on anthropic.com/company.
What is the Long-Term Benefit Trust?
A body that, with stockholders, elects Anthropic's Board of Directors. Its trustees are Ben Bernanke, Richard Fontaine, Neil Buddy Shah and Christopher Stubbs.
What is Anthropic's mission?
To ensure the world safely makes the transition through transformative AI.
Is Claude free to use?
Yes, there is a Free plan. Claude Pro costs $20 a month as of November 2026. See Claude pricing.
Information
updated Nov 3, 2026
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- Anthropic
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Sources
Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.
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- Get started with Claude · support.claude.com
- Company | Anthropic · anthropic.com
- What is the Pro plan? · support.claude.com
- How do I sign up for the Pro plan? · support.claude.com