TIME100 AI 2026 · Leaders
Dario Amodei
Co-founder, Anthropic
In November 2023, OpenAI's board approached him about replacing Sam Altman as CEO. He said no.
- Born
- 1983, San Francisco, California, United States
- Now
- CEO and co-founder, Anthropic
- Studied
- Princeton University, Stanford University, Caltech
More on Dario in Inside Anthropic, including the research papers written before Anthropic.
Interesting facts
- Early start
Made the USA Physics Olympiad team in 2000, while still at a San Francisco public high school.
en.wikipedia.org - Detour
Spent part of 2004 working as a geophysicist at oilfield services firm Schlumberger, between Caltech and Stanford.
linkedin.com - Before AI
Started as a neuroscientist: his Princeton PhD measured how networks of neurons behave together and won the Hertz Thesis Prize in 2011.
en.wikipedia.org - Numbers
He and Anthropic's other co-founders have each pledged 80% of their personal equity in the company to charity.
cnbc.com
Career
- AnthropicCEO and co-founder2021 to now
- OpenAIVice President of Research2016–2020
- GoogleSenior Research Scientist, Google Brain2015–2016
- BaiduResearch Scientist2014–2015
- Skyline Targeted Proteomics EnvironmentSoftware Developer (part-time)2013–2014
- Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Scholar, School of Medicine2011–2014
- Applied MindsConsultant2008–2013
- SchlumbergerGeophysicist2004
Education
- PhD, Biophysics, Princeton University, 2011
- BS, Physics, Stanford University, 2006
- Attended, left without a degree, Physics, Caltech, 2003
