Daniela Amodei (born )
is an American AI entrepreneur. She is the President and co-founder of the AI company
Anthropic.
Early life and education
Her father, Riccardo Amodei, was a leather craftsman born in Italy. Her mother, Elena Engel, a
Jewish American
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born in
Chicago
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, was a
project manager
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for libraries. She is the sister of
Dario Amodei. Riccardo developed health problems during their childhood and died when they reached early adulthood. Daniela graduated from
Lowell High School and graduated
''summa cum laude'' from the
University of California, Santa Cruz
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with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
Career
Amodei started her career in global health and politics, playing a role in a successful congressional campaign in Pennsylvania. She then briefly managed communications for House Representative
Matt Cartwright in Washington D.C., before leaving politics for the tech industry. In 2013, she joined the financial service company
Stripe as an early employee, before transitioning to
OpenAI
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in 2018. She was the vice president of safety and policy there, but left in 2020 to co-found Anthropic with her brother.
In September 2023, Daniela and her brother
Dario
Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius.
Given name
* Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician
*Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director
* Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper
* Dario Bellezza ...
were named as two of the
''Time'' 100 Most Influential People in AI (''Time''100 AI).
Personal life
In August 2017, Daniela married
Holden Karnofsky
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, the co-founder of the
effective altruism
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-based foundation
Open Philanthropy.
References
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Living people
1980s births
21st-century Italian businesspeople
21st-century Italian businesswomen
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
Lowell High School (San Francisco) alumni
Anthropic people