# Five-person trust now holds majority of Anthropic board seats

- slug: five-person-trust-now-holds-majority-of-anthropic-board-seats
- date: 2026-04-17
- category: Artificial Intelligence

When Anthropic announced Tuesday that Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan had joined its board, the company's blog post buried the lead in the fourth paragraph: Trust-appointed directors now make up a majority of the board.

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