Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joins Anthropic’s board of directors

Anthropic is including a brand new individual to its board: Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chairman, co-founder, and former CEO.

“Hastings brings intensive expertise from founding and scaling Netflix into a worldwide leisure powerhouse, alongside along with his service on the boards of Fb, Microsoft, and Bloomberg,” Anthropic says in its announcement post.

The corporate provides that “as somebody who’s each constructed Netflix into a worldwide platform and invested closely in training reform and digital infrastructure in rising markets, he brings a sensible understanding of how to make sure know-how serves broader societal targets from the beginning.”

“Anthropic could be very optimistic in regards to the AI advantages for humanity, however can be very conscious of the financial, social, and security challenges,” Hastings says in an announcement. “I’m becoming a member of Anthropic’s board as a result of I consider of their strategy to AI improvement, and to assist humanity progress.”

Anthropic’s board additionally contains CEO Dario Amodei, president Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, and Jay Kreps. The corporate not too long ago launched its Claude 4 AI models.

Hastings stepped down as Netflix’s co-CEO in 2023.