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Sam McCandlish

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Financial

VerifiedEquity Pledge Fraction80%Jan 2026view →

Background

EducationStanford Universityview →
Notable ForCo-founder of Anthropic; co-author of neural scaling laws research; formerly at OpenAIview →

Philanthropy

EA Alignment Estimate15%–30%Apr 2026view →

Career History

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OrganizationTitleStartSourceEndNotesSource check
AnthropicCo-founder2021-01en.wikipedia.orgNot checked
OpenAIResearcher2017anthropic.com2021-01Worked on scaling laws research at OpenAINot checked
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