Overview
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), the organization is required to balance the financial interests of shareholders with the benefit to the broader public.
Mission and focus areas
Anthropic is dedicated to securing the benefits of AI and mitigating its risks. Focus areas include AI safety research, alignment, interpretability, and the study of societal impacts and economic futures. The organization also maintains a Responsible Scaling Policy, which is a voluntary framework for managing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
Structure and governance
Anthropic is structured as a Public Benefit Corporation. The organization features specialized teams for Alignment, Interpretability, Frontier Red Team, and Societal Impacts.
Programs and offerings
Anthropic offers a family of AI models called Claude, including Claude Haiku, Claude Sonnet, and Claude Opus, designed for tasks ranging from high-volume summarization to agentic coding and knowledge work. Other programs and offerings include the Anthropic Institute, which confronts challenges posed by powerful AI; Claude’s Constitution, which outlines values and behavior for its models; and initiatives like Claude Corps and Economic Futures.
Our mission
Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation. Our mission is the responsible development and maintenance of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity.
