00:00Anthropic spent more protecting its CEO than it did paying him.
00:04The AI giant's new IPO filing shows they spent $2.75 million on security for co-founder and
00:10CEO Dario Amadei in 2025. That's more than four times his base salary of about $654,000.
00:19Anthropic also spent another $1.29 million protecting his sister,
00:23president and co-founder Daniela Amadei. Plus, the company paid nearly $100,000
00:28for Dario's private jet travel, which it says his security program required.
00:32In 2025, Anthropic's board decided that Amadeis and their families needed extra protection.
00:37It pointed to security studies, more media attention, and what it called
00:41bonafide business-related heightened security concerns.
00:44And they're not the only tech leaders shelling out millions for top security.
00:49NVIDIA spent nearly $4 million protecting Jensen Wang in its last fiscal year.
00:53Alphabet spent more than double that, $8.8 million on Sundar Pichai,
00:58and Meta spent about $22.5 million protecting Mark Zuckerberg,
01:03more than eight times what Anthropic spent.
