Scoop: Anthropic whistleblower gave up his equity to leave the company

AxiosSeptember 9, 2026en

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job due to concerns about the safety of AI two months before his equity would have vested, he told Axios. Why it matters: The disclosure raises the stakes on Coxon's now mega-viral resignation from the AI lab, which laid out the broad view that the tech could end humanity. What they're saying: "I no longer have anything to gain by juicing up Anthropic's valuation... I left before any of my equity vested," Coxon said in an interview with Axios Wednesday. In his post on X announcing his resignation, which now has over 115 million views, he wrote: " The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not

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