Dario Amodei

Interests

Impact

$2bn+

Annual Revenue Run Rate

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159

Countries operated in

Year from Launch to Unicorn

$17bn

Funding raised

1,100+

People employed

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1,100+

People employed

$17bn

Funding raised

Year from Launch to Unicorn

$61.5bn

Current valuation

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Life Story

Born & Raised

Dario was born in San Francisco, California, to Riccardo Amodei, an Italian leather craftsman, and Elena Engel, a Jewish-American project manager for libraries.

Born & Raised

Dario was born in San Francisco, California, to Riccardo Amodei, an Italian leather craftsman, and Elena Engel, a Jewish-American project manager for libraries.

1983

2001

2004

2006

2014

2015

2016

2021

2023

2024

2025

World Map

The progress of the underlying technology is inexorable, driven by forces too powerful to stop, but the way in which it happens [is] eminently possible to change, and it’s possible to have great positive impact by doing so.

Dario Amodei (Personal blog), 1st April 2025

Gallery

Press

Semafor

Exclusive / Anthropic launches new effort to study AI’s economic impac

27th June 2025

Time

Exclusive: Anthropic Let Claude Run Its Office Shop. Then Things Got W

27th June 2025

www.inc.com

Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Is Asking for AI Regulation

6th June 2025

Forbes

Will AI Really Take Your Job? Experts Weigh In On Dario Amodei’s Predi

4th June 2025

www.inc.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Predicts Half of All Entry-Level Office Job

2nd June 2025

www.unilad.com

Tech CEO issues warning about AI as he shares his biggest concern abou

1st June 2025

www.cnn.com

Why this leading AI CEO is warning the tech could cause mass unemploym

29th May 2025

qz.com

AI could wipe out some white-collar jobs and drive unemployment to 20%

29th May 2025

sea.mashable.com

Anthropic CEO warns AI will destroy half of all white-collar jobs

29th May 2025

www.cnn.com

Takeaways from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s CNN interview

29th May 2025

www.cnn.com

Watch: AI entrepreneur warns of potential future job losses | CNN Busi

29th May 2025

www.axios.com

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath

28th May 2025

fortune.com

Anthropic CEO warns AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-c

28th May 2025

Business Insider

AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs, Anthropic CEO

28th May 2025

www.inc.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Predicts the First Billion-Dollar Soloprene

26th May 2025

Bloomberg.com

Anthropic CEO Braces His Employees for AI to Change How They Work

26th May 2025

TechRepublic

Anthropic CEO: “We Do Not Understand How Our Own AI Creations Work”

25th May 2025

Bloomberg.com

Anthropic Is Trying to Win the AI Race Without Losing Its Soul

19th May 2025

Techcrunch

Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027

24th April 2025

WIRED

If Anthropic Succeeds, Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born

28th March 2025

Windows Central

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI might need an "I quit" button

24th March 2025

www.entrepreneur.com

Anthropic CEO Predicts AI Will Take Over Coding in 12 Months

14th March 2025

Forbes

Giving AI The Right To Quit—Anthropic CEO’s ‘Craziest’ Thought Yet

14th March 2025

Businessinsider

Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of

14th March 2025

Ars Technica

Anthropic CEO floats idea of giving AI a “quit job” button, sparking s

13th March 2025

Windows Central

Is coding dead in the water? Anthropic CEO claims all code will be AI-

12th March 2025

Cfr

CEO Speaker Series With Dario Amodei of Anthropic

10th March 2025

venturebeat.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns: AI will match ‘country of geniuses’

9th March 2025

The Times

Anthropic chief: ‘By next year, AI could be smarter than all humans’

2nd March 2025

Business Insider

The CEO of Anthropic thinks it may be impossible to warn people about

1st March 2025

www.nytimes.com

Anthropic’s C.E.O., Dario Amodei, on Surviving the A.I. Endgame

28th February 2025

techcrunch.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns of ‘race’ to understand AI as it beco

12th February 2025

techcrunch.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls the AI Action Summit ...

11th February 2025

venturebeat.com

Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthr

9th February 2025

Pymnts.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: DeepSeek’s Threat to AI Companies ‘Greatly

30th January 2025

observer.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Believes A.I. Could Double Human Lifespans

25th January 2025

Pymnts.com

Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans

24th January 2025

Ars Technica

Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost eve

22nd January 2025

CCN

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Warns: Not All AI Firms Can Be Trusted With

19th December 2024

www.inc.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says He Left OpenAI Over a Difference in ..

9th December 2024

www.ft.com

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI

5th December 2024

techcrunch.com

This Week in AI: Anthropic’s CEO talks scaling up AI and Google predic

13th November 2024

Bloomberg.com

Anthropic CEO Thinks AI May Outsmart Most Humans By 2026

9th November 2024

Pymnts.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI Likely Smarter Than Humans This Decade

21st October 2024

www.axios.com

AI manifestos are having a moment

17th October 2024

IT Pro

“I think most people are underestimating how bad the risks could be”:

16th October 2024

Forbes

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Posits An AI Future

14th October 2024

www.entrepreneur.com

Anthropic CEO: AI Will Cost $10 Billion to Train By 2025

8th July 2024

IT Pro

$100 billion to build an AI model? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts

7th July 2024

observer.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Thinks Altman and Musk’s Inequality Solutio

25th June 2024

time.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Being an Underdog, AI Safety, and Econom

23rd June 2024

Media

24th April 2025 • 10:16 PM

The Urgency of Interpretability: Why it's crucial that we understand how AI models work https://t.co/Mz8R23uxgy

29th January 2025 • 4:15 PM

My thoughts on China, export controls and two possible futures https://t.co/LZAANEcZJW

11th October 2024 • 9:00 PM

Machines of Loving Grace: my essay on how AI could transform the world for the better https://t.co/CFGd4Sbq86

Career Milestones

Co-founder and CEO

Anthropic

An AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

2021 – Present

Team Lead, Research Director, Vice President

OpenAI

An AI research company that aims to develop safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence (AGI)

2016 – 2020

Senior Research Scientist

Google

A multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence

2015 – 2016

Research Scientist

Baidu

A leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, driven by its mission to make the complicated world simpler through technology

2014 – 2015

Software Developer

Skyline

A comprehensive software suite essential to the research of a large fraction of the proteomics community

2013 – 2014

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford University

One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions, located in the San Francisco Bay Area

2011 – 2014

Consultant

Applied Minds

A think tank that delivers innovation through technology, design and engineering, combining vision development, creative design, and engineering with storytelling, to build innovative products and services

2008 – 2013

PhD Student in Computational Neuroscience

Princeton University

A private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States

2006 – 2011

Geophysicist

Schlumberger

A global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet

2004

Research Intern

Applied Minds

2003

Early Stage Investments

Advisory & Mentoring

Anthropic

Advisor

2021 – Present

San Francisco, California

Anthropic

Serves on Anthropic's board of directors, in addition to his executive role. The board also includes his sister, Daniela Amodei, and Jay Kreps

2021 – Present

San Francisco, California

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VAT number: 487 5152 58

Interests

Impact

World Map

San Francisco, USA

The progress of the underlying technology is inexorable, driven by forces too powerful to stop, but the way in which it happens [is] eminently possible to change, and it’s possible to have great positive impact by doing so.

Gallery

Press

Exclusive / Anthropic launches new effort to study AI’s economic impac

Exclusive: Anthropic Let Claude Run Its Office Shop. Then Things Got W

Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Is Asking for AI Regulation

Will AI Really Take Your Job? Experts Weigh In On Dario Amodei’s Predi

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Predicts Half of All Entry-Level Office Job

Tech CEO issues warning about AI as he shares his biggest concern abou

Why this leading AI CEO is warning the tech could cause mass unemploym

AI could wipe out some white-collar jobs and drive unemployment to 20%

Anthropic CEO warns AI will destroy half of all white-collar jobs

Takeaways from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s CNN interview

Watch: AI entrepreneur warns of potential future job losses | CNN Busi

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath

Anthropic CEO warns AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-c

AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs, Anthropic CEO

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Predicts the First Billion-Dollar Soloprene

Anthropic CEO Braces His Employees for AI to Change How They Work

Anthropic CEO: “We Do Not Understand How Our Own AI Creations Work”

Anthropic Is Trying to Win the AI Race Without Losing Its Soul

Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027

If Anthropic Succeeds, Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI might need an "I quit" button

Anthropic CEO Predicts AI Will Take Over Coding in 12 Months

Giving AI The Right To Quit—Anthropic CEO’s ‘Craziest’ Thought Yet

Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of

Anthropic CEO floats idea of giving AI a “quit job” button, sparking s

Is coding dead in the water? Anthropic CEO claims all code will be AI-

CEO Speaker Series With Dario Amodei of Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns: AI will match ‘country of geniuses’

Anthropic chief: ‘By next year, AI could be smarter than all humans’

The CEO of Anthropic thinks it may be impossible to warn people about

Anthropic’s C.E.O., Dario Amodei, on Surviving the A.I. Endgame

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns of ‘race’ to understand AI as it beco

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls the AI Action Summit ...

Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthr

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: DeepSeek’s Threat to AI Companies ‘Greatly

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Believes A.I. Could Double Human Lifespans

Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans

Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost eve

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Warns: Not All AI Firms Can Be Trusted With

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says He Left OpenAI Over a Difference in ..

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI

This Week in AI: Anthropic’s CEO talks scaling up AI and Google predic

Anthropic CEO Thinks AI May Outsmart Most Humans By 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI Likely Smarter Than Humans This Decade

AI manifestos are having a moment

“I think most people are underestimating how bad the risks could be”:

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Posits An AI Future

Anthropic CEO: AI Will Cost $10 Billion to Train By 2025

$100 billion to build an AI model? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Thinks Altman and Musk’s Inequality Solutio

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Being an Underdog, AI Safety, and Econom

Media

Career Milestones

Anthropic

OpenAI

Google

Baidu

Skyline

Stanford University

Applied Minds

Princeton University

Schlumberger

Applied Minds

Early Stage Investments

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