Daniela Amodei

Daniela Amodei (born 1986 or 1987)^[1] is an American AI entrepreneur. She is the President and co-founder of the AI company Anthropic.^[2][3]

Daniela Amodei
Born	1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	Co-founding Anthropic, Vice President of Safety and Policy at OpenAI
Title	President and co-founder of Anthropic
Spouse	Holden Karnofsky ​ (m. 2017)​
Relatives	Dario Amodei (brother)
Awards	Time 100 Most Influential People in AI (2023)

Early life and education

Her father, Riccardo Amodei, was a leather craftsman born in Italy. Her mother, Elena Engel, a Jewish American born in Chicago, was a project manager for libraries. She is the sister of Dario Amodei. Riccardo developed health problems during their childhood and died when they reached early adulthood.^[4] Daniela graduated from Lowell High School^[5] and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.^[6]

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 in 2018.^[7] She was the vice president of safety and policy there, but left in 2020 to co-found Anthropic with her brother.^[8]

In September 2023, Daniela and her brother Dario were named as two of the Time 100 Most Influential People in AI (Time100 AI).^[1]

Personal life

In August 2017, Daniela married Holden Karnofsky, the co-founder of the effective altruism-based foundation Open Philanthropy.^[9]