Claude AI

Claude is a family of proprietary large language models and an AI assistant developed by Anthropic. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Anthropic was founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI executives, most notably siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei. The company was established with a core focus on 'Constitutional AI' and safety, positioning itself as a research lab committed to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Anthropic operates as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), a legal structure that mandates the company to balance financial profits with its public-interest mission of responsible AI development. This status serves as a protective framework to maintain corporate independence and ethical alignment, even as the company scales. While Anthropic has received massive strategic investments from technology giants like Amazon and Google, it remains an independent entity; these investors hold minority stakes and do not control the brand, the codebase, or the company's governance.

As of 2026, Claude continues to be developed in the United States and has expanded significantly into enterprise, government, and scientific sectors. Through unique governance mechanisms like the Long-Term Benefit Trust, Anthropic ensures that oversight of its AI safety mission remains prioritized over short-term commercial pressures.