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Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder and President of Anthropic: Building AI the Right Way

In this View From The Top interview, Gintare Zukauskaite, MBA ’26, speaks with Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder and President of Anthropic.

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May 8, 202648mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
May 8, 2026
Duration
48m
Channel
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this View From The Top interview, Gintare Zukauskaite, MBA ’26, speaks with Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder and President of Anthropic. Daniela shares her unconventional path from a literature degree to co-founding one of the world's most famous AI companies. She reflects on leaving OpenAI with her brother Dario and five colleagues to build Anthropic and a vision of AI grounded in radical responsibility. She offers a candid look at what AI safety actually means in practice, why commercial success and safety are more aligned than people assume, and how AI will reshape work, education, and human connection. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:37 From Literature Degree to Silicon Valley 00:05:00 Learning the Language of AI 00:06:52 Starting Anthropic 00:08:56 Choosing Co-Founders You Can Fight With 00:11:31 What AI Safety Actually Means 00:16:40 The Future of Jobs in an AI World 00:19:15 Preparing Society for the AI Transition 00:21:23 AI Adoption Beyond the Silicon Valley 00:24:00 Future With AI 00:27:50 Skills That Will Matter Most 00:30:00 Favorite AI Use Cases 00:33:00 Advice for the Next Generation of Builders 00:35:35 Q&A: Are We in an AI Bubble? 00:38:27 Q&A: Government Regulation and Innovation 00:40:35 Q&A: Privacy and Personal Data 00:43:40 Rapid Fire Questions 00:46:47 Best Advice She's Ever Received

SPEAKERS

  • Gintare Zukauskaite

    host

    Stanford Graduate School of Business staff host/interviewer for the “View From The Top” series.

  • Daniela Amodei

    guest

    Co-founder and President of Anthropic, focused on developing and deploying AI systems with an emphasis on safety.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Stanford Graduate School of Business, featuring Gintare Zukauskaite and Daniela Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder and President of Anthropic: Building AI the Right Way explores Daniela Amodei on building Anthropic with safety, adoption, and impact Daniela Amodei recounts a non-linear path from literature and public service work to Stripe, OpenAI, and then co-founding Anthropic, driven by curiosity and a desire for impact.

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