IPO Anthropic и OpenAI создаст новых миллиардеров — НКО готовятся к волне пожертвований

Nonprofit organizations in the US are preparing in advance for a wave of donations from Anthropic and OpenAI employees, who could become new millionaires and billionaires once the companies go public via IPO. This was reported in 2026 by Wired.

What is the "funding anthropalypse"

"Funding anthropalypse" is what the philanthropic sector has dubbed the expected influx of money from AI lab employees after their companies go public. The term plays on the name of the company Anthropic and the word "apocalypse": it refers to a sharp, almost explosive surge in private donations that foundations are trying to prepare for well in advance.

According to Wired, the main sources of this money will be shareholders of the two largest private AI companies — Anthropic and OpenAI. Both remain private for now, and it is precisely the IPO that should turn employees' paper wealth into real, spendable money.

*Source of funds — Anthropic and OpenAI employees who hold shares in their companies

*Trigger — an IPO, which gives the shares liquidity

*The phenomenon has already been dubbed "funding anthropalypse" in the sector

*Expected direction of the money — effective altruism and reducing long-term risks

Why nonprofits are preparing in advance

Nonprofit organizations are preparing in advance because, before an IPO, employees have almost no liquidity: shares in a private company cannot be freely sold, and the wealth remains "on paper." Going public removes this barrier and opens a window for large one-time donations — often in amounts incomparable to what donors could give before.

That is why foundations are not waiting for the event itself but are building relationships with future donors right now: preparing programs, donation-receiving infrastructure, and clear schemes for exactly where to direct the money. For many organizations, a single such donor could exceed their entire annual budget.

What the sector is saying

The mood in the sector is a mix of anticipation and anxiety. Nonprofit leaders understand that new donors from the tech world arrive with their own views on where the money should go. A significant share of the founders and employees of Anthropic and OpenAI are connected to the effective altruism movement, which bets on measurable impact and reducing long-term risks, including the risks of artificial intelligence itself — rather than on traditional charity.

>"It's going to be a wild ride," is how one nonprofit executive described the anticipated wave to Wired.

This means that along with the money, pressure will come to the sector: donors will expect transparent metrics, not general reports about "good deeds."

What this means

Anthropic and OpenAI going public could redraw the map of private philanthropy in the US: dozens, if not hundreds, of new wealthy donors from the AI industry could enter the donation market almost simultaneously. For now this is an expectation, not an accomplished fact — but the nonprofit sector prefers to prepare for it in advance, so as not to miss the largest influx of private money in years.