Anthropic
Role at the time: Anthropic response to CNBC's request about Sacks's post
"Anthropic declined to comment on the post."
CNBC reports that Anthropic declined to comment specifically on Sacks's suggestion that its IPO should be paused.
- First noted
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- People and groups discussed
- David Sacks
Why we used this label
The reporter expressly documents a declined-comment request and identifies the particular post; no broader refusal is inferred.
Context
Before the quotation
The preceding passage identifies and links Sacks's post about investigating the whistleblower claims before an IPO.
After the quotation
The quotation is CNBC's reporter wording, not direct speech from Anthropic. The company separately supplied a general safety response. Actual request time unknown; publication-date proxy, with 12:00 UTC as a placeholder.
Sources
CNBC attributes a safety defense to an Anthropic spokesperson, separately says Anthropic declined a request about Sacks's post, and says OpenAI declined its employee-warning inquiry while noting recent blog posts. The two refusal excerpts are the reporter's wording, not verbatim corporate speech. Interview times are unspecified; publication date is the proxy. Only the calendar date is established; 12:00 UTC is a date-only storage placeholder, not a verified time.