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Elon Musk and Anthropic Announce Philanthropic Share Distribution
Elon Musk pledged $10.5 billion in SpaceX shares to American children, giving one share to each of approximately 72 million children in 2027. At the same time, AI developer Anthropic proposed allocating 5% of its shares to a public-benefit fund, potentially worth $100 billion. The announcements were made on October 19, with Musk responding to Anthropic's proposal and endorsing direct share distribution through the Trump Accounts investment program.