At Claude-maker Anthropic, candidates cannot negotiate on salary; as company follows standard process for compensation where what you are offered is…

At Anthropic , the AI lab behind Claude, the number on your offer letter is the number you sign. There is no back and forth, no counteroffer, no polite haggling over equity. Axios reports the company runs a standard process for both interviews and compensation, and negotiation simply is not part of it. For an industry where researchers are reportedly commanding eight-figure packages and switching labs every few months, that is an unusual position to take.