Anthropic pays each safety trust trustee $400,000 a year, S-1 shows

Guarding the future of artificial intelligence pays reasonably well. Anthropic compensates each trustee of its Long-Term Benefit Trust with $400,000 a year, according to the company’s recently published S-1 filing. The chair gets an extra $25,000 on top. The figures matter now because Anthropic is heading toward a possible IPO. Public investors will soon have to decide how they feel about a small, unelected group with the power to shape the board. What the filing reveals The S-1 shows Anthropic set aside $8.425 million to fund the Long-Term Benefit Trust, or LTBT. That money covers the nine months ending September 30, 2026. Trustee pay is fixed. It does not rise or fall with Anthropic’s profits, and trustees are barred from holding any financial interest in the company. The trust can hold up to five trustees. Four seats are currently filled, and one remained vacant as of October 2026. The current roster reads like a think tank reunion: Dr. Neil “Buddy” Shah, who serves as chair Richard Fontaine, who joined in April 2025 Dr. Ben S. Bernanke, who joined in June 2026 Dr. Christopher Stubbs, who joined in October 2026 Most of that lineup is recent. Three of the four current trustees ar...