
After leaving OpenAI — where he led GPT-2 and GPT-3 — Amodei co-founded Anthropic in 2021, building it into a $7B-plus AI safety company whose Claude model now competes directly with OpenAI and Google for enterprise dominance.
Dario Amodei is the Co-Founder and CEO of Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, one of the leading large language models in the world.
Amodei co-founded Anthropic in 2021 with his sister Daniela Amodei and other former members of OpenAI, with a mission to build AI systems that are safe, beneficial, and understandable. Anthropic has raised over $7 billion from investors including Google, Spark Capital, and Salesforce Ventures. The company's research on constitutional AI, AI alignment, and interpretability has advanced the field of AI safety. Before Anthropic, Amodei served as VP of Research at OpenAI, where he led the development of GPT-2 and GPT-3. His decision to leave OpenAI to found a company focused explicitly on AI safety demonstrates a commitment to responsible innovation. Anthropic's Claude model has gained significant traction with enterprise customers and consumers, competing directly with OpenAI and Google. Amodei's work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI capability and safety research positions him as one of the most important technology leaders in America.

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