Anthropic Pledges $200M Economic Futures Research Fund and $150M Fellowship to Study and Cushion AI Job Displacement

Anthropic announced a $200 million Economic Futures Research Fund on June 10 to back research and policy evaluation on AI's economic impact, alongside a $150 million national fellowship program to help early-career professionals navigate AI displacement. CEO Dario Amodei published an accompanying essay outlining a tiered policy framework for three levels of AI-driven unemployment disruption — 5%, 10%, and an 'unprecedented' threshold — recommending scaled government support mechanisms for each scenario. The announcements come as Anthropic prepares for a public listing, positioning the company as proactively acknowledging the labor market risks of frontier AI.