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Dario Amodei
Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic
Co-founder and CEO, Anthropic
Background
Dario Amodei is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur.
In 2021, he and his sister, Daniela Amodei, co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude.
Before that, he was vice president of research at OpenAI.
Key facts
- Born
- 1983, in San Francisco, Californiasource
- Anthropic
- Co-founded in 2021 with his sister, Daniela Amodeisource
- Education
- Doctorate in biophysics from Princeton Universitysource
- OpenAI
- Joined in 2016source
- Public statement
- In September 2026, called for the technology industry to slow the pace of AI developmentsource
WYDE coverage of Dario Amodei
AI
AI Leaders Warn the UN Security Council That Advanced Systems Could Slip Beyond Human Control
Sep 24, 2026 · 2 min read
AIA New Antitrust Lawsuit Says the Top AI Labs Illegally Agreed to Slow Down
Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min read
AIOpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Have Been Coordinating on AI Safety for Weeks
Sep 17, 2026 · 2 min read
AIAnthropic Moves to Close the Loopholes Chinese Firms Use to Reach Claude
Jul 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Government & FraudTrump Orders All Federal Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic Technology
Feb 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Sources
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