# Daniela Amodei

Co-founder, Anthropic. TIME100 AI 2026, Leaders. Anthropic's president studied English literature on a flute scholarship and worked on a congressional campaign before joining Stripe as an early employee. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei))

- Born: 1987, San Francisco, California, United States ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei))
- Education: BA, Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2009 ([news.ucsc.edu](https://news.ucsc.edu/2026/04/alumna-and-anthropic-co-founder-daniela-amodei-and-civil-rights-activist-dolores-huerta-named-in-times-100-most-influential-people-of-2026/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-amodei-790bb22a))
- Career: Anthropic (President and co-founder, 2021 to now); OpenAI (VP of Safety and Policy, 2018–2020); Stripe (Risk Manager, 2013–2018); U.S. House of Representatives (Scheduling and Communications, 2013); Matt Cartwright for Congress (Field Director, 2012); IRIS Center, University of Maryland (Business Development, 2010–2011) ([anthropic.com](https://www.anthropic.com/company/leadership), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-amodei-790bb22a))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/dario-amodei-daniela-amodei/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/daniela-amodei

- Went to college on a classical flute scholarship and studied liberal arts and music before graduating in literature. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei))
- Ran field operations for a winning 2012 congressional campaign in Pennsylvania, then briefly handled scheduling and communications for the new congressman in Washington. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei))
- Joined Stripe in 2013 as an early employee, starting as a technical recruiter and later managing risk and underwriting. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-amodei-790bb22a))
- At OpenAI she first managed the team while GPT-2 was being built, then moved into safety and policy. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Amodei))
- Says Anthropic had about 60 people when it built the first version of Claude. ([stripe.com](https://stripe.com/newsroom/stories/anthropic-interview))
- Calls herself a generalist with no law or computer science degree, and says she would major in literature again. ([gsb.stanford.edu](https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/daniela-amodei-says-curiosity-underrated))