Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is becoming a member of Anthropic’s board of administrators, the corporate introduced on Wednesday.
Hastings’ appointment provides a veteran massive tech govt to certainly one of OpenAI’s largest — and youngest — opponents within the AI race. The Netflix co-founder appears seemingly to assist Anthropic develop from a startup into a serious firm, pulling from his expertise sitting on the boards of Netflix, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Meta.
However, Anthropic notes that Hastings was appointed by its Long-Term Benefit Trust, an impartial physique on the high of the startup’s company governance construction that’s designed to be “financially disinterested.” The Long-Term Benefit Trust can appoint and take away board members, with the last word objective of serving to Anthropic develop AI for the long-term advantage of humanity.
Hastings joins Anthropic’s present board members: co-founders Dario and Daniela Amodei; investor Yasmin Razavi; and the CEO of Confluent, Jay Kreps.
