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[-] nfultz@awful.systems 4 points 4 days ago

going down a little rabbit hole. on zerohedge they noted:

Benjamin Mann, another Anthropic cofounder who was not listed on the S-1 for reasons unknown, published an essay in 2019 titled "Why I now identify as an Effective Altruist."

=> https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-cofounder-mystery-ben-mann/

=> https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1nznl4z/who_is_ben_mann_to_anthropic/

=> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67538258/tremblay-v-openai-inc/?page=3

=> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67538258/273/1/tremblay-v-openai-inc/

So in his court declaration (and on linkedin) he says co-founded Anthropic. And also that he was the Data Eng at OpenAI that "undertook" the second batch of pirated books into GPT-3.

Any speculation on what the redacted line was? And would this or other litigation be a factor to leave him off the S1; ie it could potentially expose / risk the 50.1% voting Class F LLC shares through Mann? Or maybe he already pledged all his shares to open giving.

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