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Useful biographical reference for understanding Anthropic's leadership; Daniela Amodei plays a key organizational and policy role at one of the most prominent AI safety-focused labs.

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Wikipedia biography of Daniela Amodei, co-founder and President of Anthropic, one of the leading AI safety-focused companies. Covers her background, role at Anthropic, and her influence on the AI safety and governance landscape.

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•Daniela Amodei is President and co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety company she helped establish in 2021 after leaving OpenAI.
•She oversees business operations, policy, and go-to-market strategy at Anthropic, complementing her brother Dario Amodei's technical leadership role as CEO.
•Anthropic develops the Claude AI assistant and conducts research on AI interpretability, alignment, and responsible deployment.
•Her background includes prior roles at Stripe and OpenAI, where she served as VP of Operations.
•She is a prominent figure in AI governance discussions and an advocate for safety-conscious approaches to AI development.

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American entrepreneur (born 1987)

| Daniela Amodei |
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| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Education | [University of California, Santa Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz "University of California, Santa Cruz") (BA) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founding [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic "Anthropic"), Vice President of Safety and Policy at [OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI "OpenAI") |
| Title | President and co-founder of Anthropic |
| Spouse | [Holden Karnofsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Karnofsky "Holden Karnofsky")<br><br>(m. 2017) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | [Dario Amodei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei "Dario Amodei") (brother) |
| Awards | [Time 100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100 "Time 100") Most Influential People in AI (2023) |

**Daniela Amodei** (born 1987)[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-levy2025a-1) is an American entrepreneur. She is the president and co-founder of the AI company [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic "Anthropic"), which develops the series of [large language models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model "Large language model") named [Claude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model) "Claude (language model)").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-4)

## Early life

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Her father, Riccardo Amodei, was a leather craftsman born in Italy. Her mother, Elena Engel, a Jewish American born in [Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago "Chicago"), was a project manager for libraries. She is the sister of [Dario Amodei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei "Dario Amodei"). Riccardo developed health problems during their childhood and died when they reached early adulthood.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-levy2025a-1) Daniela graduated from [Lowell High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_High_School_(San_Francisco) "Lowell High School (San Francisco)").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-5) She received a scholarship to study classical flute and studied liberal arts and music,[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-levy2025a-1) graduating from the [University of California, Santa Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz "University of California, Santa Cruz") with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei#cite_note-6)

## Career

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