# Daniela Amodei

> Daniela Amodei is the President and Co-Founder of Anthropic, one of the world's most influential AI safety companies. A UC Santa Cruz English Literature graduate and former classical flute scholarship recipient, she pivoted from Capitol Hill communications to Stripe to OpenAI before co-founding Anthropic in 2021 alongside her brother Dario Amodei and six other OpenAI colleagues. At Anthropic, she runs all commercial, operational, and cultural operations while Dario leads research and technical strategy — a division of labor that has scaled the company to a $380 billion valuation, over 300,000 enterprise customers, and projected $10 billion in 2025 revenue. Named #1 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list for 2025 and to TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2026, Daniela champions a vision of AI safety as competitive advantage, humanities education as future-proof, and 'low politics, high integrity' as the only culture worth building.

- **Role:** President and Co-Founder at Anthropic
- **Organizations:** Anthropic, OpenAI, Stripe, U.S. House of Representatives (staff)
- **From:** San Francisco, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High School Diploma, Lowell High School, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
- **Known for:** Co-founded Anthropic, now valued at $380 billion (2026), Ranked #1 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list for 2025, Named to TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2026 (alongside Dario Amodei)

## Career timeline

- **2009-2013** — Worked in global health and communications; managed communications for U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
- **2013** — Joined Stripe as an early employee
- **2013-2018** — Rose to Risk Program Manager and Risk Manager at Stripe, overseeing user policy and risk infrastructure
- **2018** — Joined OpenAI
- **2018-2020** — Managed GPT-2 team at OpenAI; became VP of Safety and Policy
- **2021** — Co-founded Anthropic with Dario Amodei and six other OpenAI colleagues
- **2021-present** — Serves as President of Anthropic, overseeing operations, revenue, culture, and enterprise partnerships
- **2023** — Named to TIME100 AI alongside Dario Amodei
- **2025** — Ranked #1 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list; Anthropic reaches $61.5B valuation
- **2026** — Named to TIME 100 Most Influential People; Anthropic raises $30B at $380B valuation; Forbes estimates her net worth at $7B

## Achievements

- Co-founded Anthropic, now valued at $380 billion (2026)
- Ranked #1 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list for 2025
- Named to TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2026 (alongside Dario Amodei)
- Named to TIME100 AI 2023
- Named to Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2025
- Only female founder on Fortune's World's Most Powerful People in Business list (2025)
- Scaled Anthropic's enterprise customer base from under 1,000 to over 300,000 in two years
- Won the 2008 UCSC Concerto Competition as a flute soloist
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude with University, College, and Department Honors from UC Santa Cruz
- Received classical flute scholarship to UC Santa Cruz
- Led Anthropic to projected $10 billion in 2025 revenue
- Built key enterprise partnerships with Amazon, Google, Accenture, Snowflake, Stripe, Novo Nordisk, Bridgewater, and Slack
- Estimated net worth of $7 billion as of Forbes 2026

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Named to TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2026 alongside her brother Dario Amodei.
- **2026-02** — Anthropic raises $30 billion in funding at a $380 billion valuation; Forbes estimates Daniela's net worth at $7 billion, placing her at #567 on the Forbes Billionaires list.
- **2026-02** — Fortune article highlights her advocacy for humanities education and EQ-focused hiring at Anthropic.
- **2026-01** — CNBC profiles the Amodei siblings' strategy for the generative AI race, including Daniela's 'do more with less' efficiency bet.
- **2025-12** — Ranked #1 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list for 2025.
- **2025-01** — Her husband Holden Karnofsky joins Anthropic as a member of technical staff focused on responsible scaling policy.

## Links

- Website: https://anthropic.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-amodei-790bb22a/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DanielaAmodei
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielaamodei/

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Last updated: 2026-05-04