Daniela Amodei is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and President of Anthropic, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) lab focused on AI safety and interpretability. Born in San Francisco in 1983, her mother was a project manager for libraries, and her father was an Italian leather craftsman. The early loss of her father motivated her and her brother, Dario Amodei, to pursue meaningful, high-impact careers.

Amodei graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. Her early career focused on global health and political communications (managing communications for a House Representative in Washington D.C.) before moving to the tech sector. This non-technical, humanistic background uniquely positioned her to lead the crucial policy and safety aspects of the AI revolution.

Daniela Amodei's career transition to tech was rapid and successful. In 2013, she joined the financial service company Stripe as an early employee, quickly rising to Risk Manager, overseeing core operations and user policy. In 2018, she moved to OpenAI, where she held various senior roles, including Vice President of Safety and Policy and VP of People, playing a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and ethical use of AI technologies.

The pivotal moment came in 2020 when she and her brother, Dario Amodei, left OpenAI to co-found Anthropic. Their mission was to build a new AI lab with a deeper, structural commitment to AI safety and alignment, believing this to be the most critical challenge facing the field. As President, Daniela oversees the entire business strategy, ensuring the company's AI models are developed with ethical constraints and robust safety policies. This focus on mission and safety has attracted massive investment, securing her multi-billion dollar fortune.

Daniela Amodei's social impact is massive and structural, stemming from Anthropic's dedication to AI safety and alignment research. Her work is critical to ensuring that powerful AI systems are beneficial and ethically aligned with human values, a foundational contribution to global technology governance.

Her personal philanthropy supports causes related to global health and reducing intergenerational poverty. Her career, moving from global health initiatives in Kampala, Uganda, to leading AI safety policy, reflects a consistent, high-impact approach to structural problem-solving.

Daniela Amodei maintains the professional, intellectual style of a mission-driven tech executive. Her attire is consistently polished and high-quality, favoring smart casual wear that reflects the serious, academic nature of AI safety research. Her aesthetic is one of composed intellectual authority.

Residing in San Francisco, California, her luxury is the autonomy and security derived from her multi-billion dollar fortune, which she leverages entirely to pursue the critical, long-term scientific mission of AI alignment. Her life is defined by her commitment to structural safety and ethical governance in the technology sector.