Dario Amodei
Dario Amodei is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur who co-founded the AI company Anthropic and serves as its chief executive officer (CEO). Anthropic develops the Claude family of large language models; he previously served as vice president of research at OpenAI. See the Anthropic entry for the company.
Career and milestones
- He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Stanford University and a doctorate in biophysics from Princeton University, where he received a Hertz Foundation Fellowship in 2007; in 2000 he was a member of the U.S. Physics Olympiad team.
- He worked at Baidu from November 2014 to October 2015, then at Google; he joined OpenAI in 2016 and was vice president of research before leaving.
- In 2021 he co-founded Anthropic with his sister Daniela Amodei and other former senior members of OpenAI; Anthropic’s leadership page lists him as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
- In October 2024 he published the essay “Machines of Loving Grace” on how AI could improve human welfare; in January 2026 he published a follow-up essay, “The Adolescence of Technology,” on the risks of powerful AI.
- In September 2026 he publicly called for the technology industry to slow the pace of AI development, saying Anthropic would allow independent evaluators permanent access to its models to assess the company’s safety commitments.
These milestones follow Anthropic’s leadership page and the English Wikipedia article.
Mention in the show
Dario Amodei is not a participant in the episode; the following is a host’s remark. In Weekly #003’s chapter “用 GPT-6 Astra 造数据、训练小模型” (Using GPT-6 Astra to generate data and train small models) of the Chinese transcript, Guizang says “上周那三个就是 Sam、Dario 和马斯克在聊这个减速” — that the three people discussed last week were Sam, Dario, and Musk talking about slowing down (paragraph). This retelling is consistent in direction with Amodei’s September 2026 public call to slow AI development, but the episode content is the host’s own commentary on current events, not a statement by Amodei on the show.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Dario Amodei?
He is the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, which develops the Claude family of large language models, and previously served as vice president of research at OpenAI.
When was Anthropic founded?
In 2021, by Dario Amodei, his sister Daniela Amodei, and other former senior members of OpenAI.
What essays has Dario Amodei written?
“Machines of Loving Grace” (October 2024) and “The Adolescence of Technology” (January 2026).
What is Dario Amodei’s academic background?
A bachelor’s degree in physics from Stanford University and a doctorate in biophysics from Princeton University, where he received a Hertz Foundation Fellowship in 2007; he was a member of the U.S. Physics Olympiad team in 2000.
What did Dario Amodei do at OpenAI?
He joined OpenAI in 2016 and served as vice president of research before leaving to found Anthropic; earlier he worked at Baidu (2014–2015) and Google.