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	'''Daniela Amodei''' is an American business executive who is the co-founder and president of [[Anthropic]], the AI safety company behind the [[Claude (AI)\|Claude]] family of [[large language model]]s. She oversees the company's business operations, go-to-market strategy, policy engagement, ~~and~~ people operations.		'''Daniela Amodei''' is an American business executive who is the co-founder and president of [[Anthropic]], the AI safety company behind the [[Claude (AI)\|Claude]] family of [[large language model]]s. She oversees the company's business operations, go-to-market strategy, policy engagement, people operations, and commercial partnerships.

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==

	Daniela Amodei graduated from [[Yale University]] with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She subsequently earned an MBA from the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web \|title=Daniela Amodei \|url=https://www.anthropic.com/company \|website=Anthropic \|access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref>		Daniela Amodei grew up in an Italian-American family in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Her parents were both scientists: her father is a physicist and her mother a geologist. Her brother, [[Dario Amodei]], later became co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. The Amodei siblings have described growing up in a household where scientific inquiry and intellectual discussion were central to daily life.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news \|last=Huang \|first=Kalley \|title=Meet the Amodei Siblings Behind Anthropic \|work=The New York Times \|date=2024-03-04}}</ref>

			Daniela graduated from [[Yale University]] with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She subsequently earned an MBA from the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web \|title=Daniela Amodei \|url=https://www.anthropic.com/company \|website=Anthropic \|access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==

	=== Early career ===		=== Early career and Stripe ===

	Before entering the technology industry, Amodei held positions in finance ~~and operations~~. She ~~worked at~~ [[Stripe]], the payments technology company, where she served as Vice President of Operations, ~~managing~~ the company's financial operations and ~~scaling its~~ internal systems during a period of ~~rapid growth~~.<ref~~>{{cite news \|last=Huang \|first=Kalley \|title~~=~~Meet the Amodei Siblings Behind Anthropic \|work=The New York Times \|date=2024-03-04}}<~~/~~ref~~>		Before entering the technology industry, Amodei held positions in finance, including a role at a financial services firm. She subsequently joined [[Stripe]], the payments technology company, where she served as Vice President of Operations. At Stripe, she managed the company's financial operations and internal systems during a period in which the company scaled from a startup to a major fintech platform processing billions of dollars in payments annually. Her work at Stripe gave her deep experience in scaling fast-growing technology companies — experience she would later apply to building Anthropic.<ref name="nyt"/>

	=== OpenAI ===		=== OpenAI ===

	Amodei joined [[OpenAI]] as Vice President of Operations, where she was responsible for business operations, finance, and ~~people functions~~. She worked at OpenAI during the same period as her brother [[Dario Amodei]], who served as Vice President of Research.		Amodei joined [[OpenAI]] as Vice President of Operations and later Vice President of People and Operations, where she was responsible for business operations, finance, human resources, and organisational development. She worked at OpenAI from 2018 to 2020, during the same period as her brother [[Dario Amodei]], who served as Vice President of Research. During this time, OpenAI transitioned from a non-profit to a "capped-profit" structure and released [[GPT-3]], marking the beginning of the modern large language model era.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Efrati \|first=Amir \|title=The Anthropic Story \|work=The Information \|date=2023-10-09}}</ref>

	=== Anthropic (2021–present) ===		=== Anthropic (2021–present) ===

	In January 2021, Daniela co-founded [[Anthropic]] alongside her brother Dario and several other former OpenAI researchers, including Tom Brown, Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Chris Olah. The ~~company~~ was ~~structured~~ as a [[public-benefit corporation]].		==== Founding ====

			In January 2021, Daniela co-founded [[Anthropic]] alongside her brother Dario and several other former OpenAI researchers, including Tom Brown (lead author of the GPT-3 paper), Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Chris Olah. The departure of this group from OpenAI was one of the largest talent losses in the organisation's history. Anthropic was incorporated as a [[public-benefit corporation]] in [[Delaware]], reflecting the founders' intention to balance commercial viability with a mission to develop safe and beneficial AI.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Metz \|first=Cade \|title=A Group of OpenAI Insiders Is Starting a New A.I. Company \|work=The New York Times \|date=2021-01-28}}</ref>

			==== Building the company ====

			As president, Daniela has been responsible for building Anthropic's organisational infrastructure from the ground up, scaling the company from a small research lab of roughly 40 people in 2021 to over 1,000 employees by 2025. She oversees all non-research functions, including business operations, go-to-market strategy, sales, partnerships, legal, finance, human resources, and policy.

			She has led Anthropic's commercial strategy through several major milestones:

			* The launch of the '''Claude API''' in March 2023, making Anthropic's models available to developers and businesses.
			* The release of '''Claude 2''' in July 2023, which expanded the model's capabilities and context window.
			* The launch of '''Claude 3''' (Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus) in March 2024, establishing Anthropic as a serious competitor to [[OpenAI]] and [[Google DeepMind\|Google]] in frontier AI.
			* Enterprise partnerships with companies across finance, healthcare, legal, and technology sectors.
			* The consumer launch of '''claude.ai''', Anthropic's direct-to-consumer conversational AI product.

			==== Fundraising ====

			Daniela has played a central role in Anthropic's fundraising, which has made it one of the best-capitalised AI companies in the world. Major rounds include:

			* A $580 million Series C in May 2023, led by Spark Capital.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Konrad \|first=Alex \|title=Anthropic Raises $450 Million In New Funding \|work=Forbes \|date=2023-05-23}}</ref>
			* An initial $1.25 billion investment from [[Amazon]] in September 2023, with Amazon later committing up to $4 billion total in a deepened partnership. Under the deal, Anthropic agreed to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider and to make Claude available through Amazon Bedrock.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Dastin \|first=Jeffrey \|title=Amazon to Invest Up to $4 Billion in Anthropic \|work=Reuters \|date=2023-09-25}}</ref>
			* A $2 billion investment commitment from [[Google]] in late 2023, building on an earlier $300 million investment.
			* By early 2025, Anthropic had raised over $10 billion in total funding at a valuation exceeding $60 billion, making it the second most valuable AI startup in the world after OpenAI.

	As president, Daniela has been responsible for building the company's organisational infrastructure from the ground up, managing its growth from a small research lab to a company of over 1,000 employees by 2025. She has led Anthropic's commercial strategy, including the launch of the Claude API, enterprise partnerships, and ~~the company's consumer-facing products.~~		==== Policy and regulation ====

	Daniela has ~~also been the company~~'s primary voice on AI policy. She has testified before the [[United States Senate]] ~~and engaged with policymakers in the [[European Union]],~~ the ~~[[United Kingdom]],~~ and ~~other jurisdictions on questions~~ of AI ~~regulation and safety standards. She has advocated~~ for regulatory ~~frameworks~~ that ~~encourage responsible development without stifling innovation, and has pushed for mandatory~~ safety evaluations of ~~frontier~~ AI ~~systems~~ before deployment.		Daniela has served as Anthropic's primary voice on AI policy and regulation. She has testified before the [[United States Senate]] Commerce Committee on the risks and opportunities of frontier AI systems, advocating for a regulatory approach that mandates safety evaluations of powerful AI models before deployment while avoiding overly prescriptive rules that could stifle innovation.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on AI \|url=https://www.commerce.senate.gov/ \|website=U.S. Senate Commerce Committee \|date=2023-07-25 \|access-date=2026-04-17}}</ref>

	~~Under her leadership, Anthropic raised over $10 billion~~ in ~~funding from investors including~~ [[~~Amazon~~]], [[~~Google~~]], and [[~~Salesforce~~]], ~~making it one of the best~~-~~capitalised AI companies in the world by 2025~~.		She has engaged with policymakers in the [[European Union]] regarding the [[EU AI Act]], the [[United Kingdom]] in connection with the UK AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park (November 2023), and other jurisdictions on questions of AI governance and safety standards. Anthropic under her leadership has published voluntary commitments to the [[White House]] on AI safety, including commitments to pre-deployment testing, red-teaming, and information sharing about model capabilities.

	== Views ==		== Views ==

	Daniela Amodei has spoken publicly about the importance of diverse leadership in AI companies, arguing that the technology industry's homogeneity poses risks for AI development. ~~She~~ has ~~emphasised that AI safety is not solely a~~ technical ~~challenge but also an organisational~~ and ~~cultural one~~, ~~requiring companies~~ to ~~build internal structures that incentivise caution and long-term thinking over short-term competitive pressure~~.		Daniela Amodei has articulated a view of AI safety as fundamentally an organisational challenge, not merely a technical one. She has argued that building safe AI systems requires companies to develop internal structures, incentives, and cultures that prioritise caution and long-term thinking over short-term competitive pressure. She has criticised the "race dynamics" in the AI industry, warning that competitive pressure to deploy increasingly powerful models could outpace the development of adequate safety measures.<ref name="nyt"/>

			She has spoken publicly about the importance of diverse leadership in AI companies, arguing that the technology industry's demographic homogeneity poses risks for AI development by narrowing the range of perspectives brought to bear on consequential design decisions.

			On the division of responsibilities at Anthropic, Daniela has described her working relationship with her brother Dario as complementary: while Dario focuses on research direction and technical strategy, Daniela manages the business, operational, and policy dimensions of the company. In interviews, she has noted that this division allows each sibling to focus on their strengths while maintaining a shared alignment on the company's mission.

			== Recognition ==

	~~She has described her working relationship with her brother Dario as complementary: while Dario focuses on research direction and technical strategy~~, ~~Daniela manages~~ the ~~business~~, ~~operational~~, and ~~policy dimensions of the company. In interviews, she has noted that this division allows each sibling to focus on their strengths while maintaining a shared alignment on the company~~'~~s mission~~.		* Named to '''Time 100 AI''' list (2023), recognising the most influential people in artificial intelligence.
			* Named to '''Forbes''' list of influential women in AI.
			* Featured in profiles by ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Bloomberg'', and ''The Information''.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Dario Amodei]]		* [[Dario Amodei]]
			* [[Constitutional AI]]
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| name = Daniela Amodei
| nationality = American
| education = [[Yale University]] (BA)<br>[[Yale School of Management]] (MBA)
| occupation = President of [[Anthropic]]
| known_for = Co-founding [[Anthropic]]
| relatives = [[Dario Amodei]] (brother)
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'''Daniela Amodei''' is an American business executive who is the co-founder and president of [[Anthropic]], the AI safety company behind the [[Claude (AI)|Claude]] family of [[large language model]]s. She oversees the company's business operations, go-to-market strategy, policy engagement, and people operations.

== Early life and education ==

Daniela Amodei graduated from [[Yale University]] with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She subsequently earned an MBA from the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Daniela Amodei |url=https://www.anthropic.com/company |website=Anthropic |access-date=2026-04-11}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early career ===

Before entering the technology industry, Amodei held positions in finance and operations. She worked at [[Stripe]], the payments technology company, where she served as Vice President of Operations, managing the company's financial operations and scaling its internal systems during a period of rapid growth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huang |first=Kalley |title=Meet the Amodei Siblings Behind Anthropic |work=The New York Times |date=2024-03-04}}</ref>

=== OpenAI ===

Amodei joined [[OpenAI]] as Vice President of Operations, where she was responsible for business operations, finance, and people functions. She worked at OpenAI during the same period as her brother [[Dario Amodei]], who served as Vice President of Research.

=== Anthropic (2021–present) ===

In January 2021, Daniela co-founded [[Anthropic]] alongside her brother Dario and several other former OpenAI researchers, including Tom Brown, Sam McCandlish, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Chris Olah. The company was structured as a [[public-benefit corporation]].

As president, Daniela has been responsible for building the company's organisational infrastructure from the ground up, managing its growth from a small research lab to a company of over 1,000 employees by 2025. She has led Anthropic's commercial strategy, including the launch of the Claude API, enterprise partnerships, and the company's consumer-facing products.

Daniela has also been the company's primary voice on AI policy. She has testified before the [[United States Senate]] and engaged with policymakers in the [[European Union]], the [[United Kingdom]], and other jurisdictions on questions of AI regulation and safety standards. She has advocated for regulatory frameworks that encourage responsible development without stifling innovation, and has pushed for mandatory safety evaluations of frontier AI systems before deployment.

Under her leadership, Anthropic raised over $10 billion in funding from investors including [[Amazon]], [[Google]], and [[Salesforce]], making it one of the best-capitalised AI companies in the world by 2025.

== Views ==

Daniela Amodei has spoken publicly about the importance of diverse leadership in AI companies, arguing that the technology industry's homogeneity poses risks for AI development. She has emphasised that AI safety is not solely a technical challenge but also an organisational and cultural one, requiring companies to build internal structures that incentivise caution and long-term thinking over short-term competitive pressure.

She has described her working relationship with her brother Dario as complementary: while Dario focuses on research direction and technical strategy, Daniela manages the business, operational, and policy dimensions of the company. In interviews, she has noted that this division allows each sibling to focus on their strengths while maintaining a shared alignment on the company's mission.

== See also ==
* [[Anthropic]]
* [[Claude (AI)]]
* [[Dario Amodei]]
* [[OpenAI]]

== References ==
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