Daniela Amodei

Daniela Amodei is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company known for the Claude family of large language models.

Daniela Amodei is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company known for the Claude family of large language models. She serves as president of Anthropic and previously held a senior safety-and-policy role at OpenAI.

Early life and education

Daniela Amodei was born in 1987. Publicly available source material does not provide a verified, detailed account of her education or early life.

Career before Anthropic

Before founding Anthropic, Amodei worked at OpenAI, where she held a vice president role focused on safety and policy. Some secondary sources also describe earlier work in risk or policy-related roles, but the OpenAI safety-and-policy role is the most consistently supported detail.

Anthropic

Amodei co-founded Anthropic in 2021 after leaving OpenAI with her brother Dario Amodei and other colleagues. As president, she is associated with the company’s business operations while the company develops Claude and other AI systems.

Public profile

Amodei has appeared in business rankings and media coverage about influential people in artificial intelligence. A 2026 Bloomberg profile reported that her wealth was derived largely from her stake in Anthropic.