David Sacks Calls for Suspension of Anthropic IPO Pending Whistleblower Investigation

David Sacks, Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated that Anthropic must pause its IPO until allegations from a whistleblower are investigated. The whistleblower, former researcher Jacob Hilton (雅各布·考克森), resigned in September after four months at the company. He warned on X that leading AI firms are recklessly racing toward superintelligence, potentially risking human extinction within a decade. Hilton forfeited significant unvested equity upon his departure.