# Jack Clark

> Jack Clark is a British-American co-founder and Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude. A literature graduate turned AI policy architect, he's the author of Import AI - a weekly newsletter read by ~70,000 researchers and policymakers - and one of the most articulate voices on AI's societal impact. He went from being the world's only dedicated distributed systems journalist to helping build one of the world's most valuable AI companies.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic
- **Organizations:** Anthropic, OpenAI (former), Stanford HAI / AI Index (founding member), NAIAC (inaugural member), OECD (advisory), CNAS (advisory), ITIF (advisor), CSET / Georgetown (advisory)
- **From:** Brighton, United Kingdom
- **Nationality:** British-American
- **Education:** BA in English Literature with Creative Writing (2:1 - 69.5%), University of East Anglia (UEA)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Anthropic, one of the world's leading AI safety companies (valued near $350B), Founded Import AI newsletter, reaching ~70,000 readers weekly since 2016, Founding member of Stanford HAI AI Index (2017-2024)

## Career timeline

- **2009-2012** — Technology journalist at CBS Interactive (UK)
- **2012-2014** — Distributed systems and AI reporter at The Register - world's only dedicated distributed systems reporter
- **2014-2016** — AI/neural network reporter at Bloomberg LP - sole neural network reporter
- **2016** — Joined OpenAI as one of its early employees; launched Import AI newsletter
- **2017** — Founding member of the Stanford HAI AI Index project
- **2018** — Testified before U.S. House of Representatives on AI (April 2018)
- **2019** — Testified before U.S. House of Representatives on AI (June 2019); named OpenAI Policy Director
- **2020** — Departed OpenAI
- **2021** — Co-founded Anthropic with Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, and five others; became inaugural NAIAC member
- **2021-2025** — Head of Policy at Anthropic
- **2026-01** — All seven Anthropic co-founders pledged to donate 80% of their personal wealth
- **2026-03** — Anthropic launched the Anthropic Institute; Clark became Head of Public Benefit

## Achievements

- Co-founded Anthropic, one of the world's leading AI safety companies (valued near $350B)
- Founded Import AI newsletter, reaching ~70,000 readers weekly since 2016
- Founding member of Stanford HAI AI Index (2017-2024)
- Inaugural member of the National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC) advising the U.S. government
- Policy Director at OpenAI during a formative period of frontier AI development
- Testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on AI policy (2018, 2019)
- Led the Anthropic Institute - a new think tank studying AI's societal, economic, and security impacts
- Signed Giving What We Can pledge; co-signed the 80% wealth pledge with Anthropic co-founders in January 2026
- Briefed the Trump administration on Anthropic's advanced Mythos AI model under Project Glasswing

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Confirmed Anthropic briefed Trump administration on classified Mythos AI model under Project Glasswing; spoke at Semafor World Economy Summit warning world needs to 'get ready' for more powerful AI
- **2026-03** — Named Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic following launch of the Anthropic Institute think tank
- **2026-01** — All seven Anthropic co-founders pledged to donate 80% of personal wealth to combat AI-driven inequality
- **2025-10** — Published Import AI essay 'Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear'
- **2025-05** — Featured in Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen interview) discussing AI progress and economic impacts

## Links

- Website: https://jack-clark.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jackclarkSF

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Last updated: 2026-04-25