Who is Dario Amodei?
AI researcher and entrepreneur. CEO of Anthropic since 2021.
Education
- PhD Computational Neuroscience, Princeton University
- Undergrad Physics, Stanford University
Career
- 2021–present CEO and Co-founder, Anthropic
- 2016–2020 VP of Research, OpenAI
- 2014–2016 Research Scientist, Baidu AI Lab
Anthropic
Co-founded with sister Daniela Amodei (President) and several former OpenAI researchers in 2021. The company focuses on AI safety research and building reliable AI systems.
Anthropic created Claude, an AI assistant that launched in March 2023. As of March 2025, the company has raised $13.7 billion total and is valued at $61.5 billion.
Notable publications
- 2022 Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback
- 2020 Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models (co-author)
- 2024 Machines of Loving Grace (essay)