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Background reference on a key figure in the AI safety ecosystem; useful for understanding Anthropic's leadership and the organizational history connecting OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Wikipedia biography of Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading AI safety-focused companies. He previously served as VP of Research at OpenAI before leaving to found Anthropic in 2021. He is a prominent figure in AI safety research and policy discussions.
Key Points
- •Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, an AI safety company known for developing the Claude family of models
- •Previously VP of Research at OpenAI, where he contributed to large language model development
- •Left OpenAI in 2021 with Daniela Amodei and others to found Anthropic with a safety-focused mission
- •Has been a vocal advocate for AI safety, alignment research, and responsible AI development
- •Author of influential essays on AI risk and safety, including 'Machines of Loving Grace'
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| Entity | Property | Value | As Of |
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| Dario Amodei | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei | — |
| Dario Amodei | Birth Year | 1983 | — |
| Dario Amodei | Education | PhD in Biophysics, Princeton University | — |
| Dario Amodei | Notable For | CEO and co-founder of Anthropic; formerly VP of Research at OpenAI; leading proponent of responsible AI scaling | — |
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American entrepreneur (born 1983)
| Dario Amodei |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dario_Amodei_at_TechCrunch_Disrupt_2023_01_(cropped).jpg)<br>Amodei in 2023 |
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43)[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei#cite_note-:3-1)<br>[San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco"), California, U.S. |
| Education | - [California Institute of Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology "California Institute of Technology") (attended)<br>- [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") ( [BS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science"))<br>- [Princeton University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University "Princeton University") ( [MS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science "Master of Science"), [PhD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy "Doctor of Philosophy")) |
| Known for | Co-founder / CEO of [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic "Anthropic") |
| Relatives | [Daniela Amodei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei "Daniela Amodei") (sister) |
| Awards | [_Time_ 100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100 "Time 100") (2025) |
| **Scientific career** |
| Fields | [Artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") |
| Institutions | - [Stanford Medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine "Stanford University School of Medicine")<br>- [OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI "OpenAI") |
| [Thesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis "Thesis") | _[Network-Scale Electrophysiology: Measuring and Understanding\_<br>_\_<br>_the Collective Behavior\_<br>_\_<br>_of Neural Circuits](https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp013f462544k)_(2011) |
| [Doctoral advisor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctoral_advisor "Doctoral advisor") | Michael J. Berry<br>[William Bialek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bialek "William Bialek") |
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| Website | [darioamodei.com](https://darioamodei.com/) |
**Dario Amodei** (born 1983) is an American [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. In 2021, he and his sister [Daniela Amodei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei "Daniela Amodei") co-founded [Anthropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic "Anthropic"), the company behind the [large language model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model "Large language model") series [Claude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(la
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