Daniela Amodei
Co-founder and President of Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude. She runs the business, operations and policy side of the company alongside her brother, CEO Dario Amodei.
Who is Daniela Amodei?
Daniela Amodei is an American technology executive and the President and co-founder of Anthropic. She co-founded the company in February 2021 with her brother Dario Amodei and several other former OpenAI researchers. Before Anthropic she held leadership roles at Stripe and OpenAI.
Where Dario sets the research direction, Daniela is responsible for turning it into a company: hiring, operations, enterprise customers, government relations and the governance that keeps safety commitments intact as the organization grows.
Daniela Amodei at a glance
- Role President and Co-founder, Anthropic (2021–present)
- Education BA, University of California, Santa Cruz (literature, politics and music)
- Previously OpenAI (2018–2020), Stripe (2013–2018)
- Sibling Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic
- Focus Operations, go-to-market, policy, organizational scaling
Career
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2021–presentPresident and Co-founder, AnthropicLeads business operations, sales, policy engagement and organizational growth.
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2018–2020OpenAIJoined in 2018 and managed the GPT-2 team, later becoming VP of Safety and Policy.
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2013–2018StripeJoined in 2013 as an early employee and worked in risk, overseeing user policy and risk infrastructure as the company scaled.
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Before 2013Capitol Hill and political communicationsEarly career in communications and politics, before moving into tech.
See the full Amodei timeline for how these roles line up with Dario's career and the major Anthropic milestones.
What Daniela does at Anthropic
Scaling the company
Growth from a small founding team to 1,000+ employees while preserving a safety-first culture.
Policy and trust
Government engagement, enterprise relationships and public communication on responsible AI.
Go-to-market
Commercializing Claude through the API, consumer apps, enterprise deals and cloud partners.
Her organizational work is covered in more detail on the Work & Research page.
Why her background matters
Daniela's path runs through politics, risk management at a fast-growing payments company and AI safety and policy at OpenAI. That combination explains the shape of her role at Anthropic: less about model research, more about trust, risk, governance and making a safety-focused lab work as a real company.
Daniela and Dario Amodei: how the roles fit
The two are siblings who split the job of running Anthropic. Dario, the CEO, leads research and the long-term vision. Daniela, the President, runs the business and organization. Both shaped Anthropic's approach to safety, including the Responsible Scaling Policy: Dario on the technical thresholds, Daniela on governance and operational commitments.
Interviews and talks
Daniela has spoken about leading Anthropic's growth, fundraising, safety culture and enterprise AI. Links to her interviews with The Circuit, StrictlyVC and Fortune Brainstorm AI are on the Resources page.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Daniela Amodei?
The co-founder and President of Anthropic, the company that makes Claude. She runs the business, operations and policy side of the company.
Is Daniela Amodei related to Dario Amodei?
Yes. They are siblings and co-founded Anthropic together in 2021.
What did Daniela Amodei do before Anthropic?
She worked at Stripe from 2013 to 2018 and at OpenAI from 2018 to 2020, where she became VP of Safety and Policy. Earlier she worked in politics and communications.
What is Daniela Amodei's role at Anthropic?
President. She oversees operations, sales, policy engagement and organizational growth, while Dario Amodei leads research as CEO.