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Dario Amodei
Dario Amodei is an artificial intelligence researcher and executive who co-founded Anthropic and was identified by the company as its chief executive officer in April 2026. He previously served as OpenAI's vice president of research, where he helped direct research and collaborated on GPT-2 and GPT-3.
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About Dario Amodei
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Artificial intelligence researcher, Technology executive
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At a glance
- Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic and was identified by the company as its chief executive officer in April 2026.
- He previously served as OpenAI's vice president of research and helped direct the organization's research.
- His research record includes co-authorship of the 2017 paper "Deep Reinforcement Learning from Human Preferences."
- In 2023, he testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee at a hearing on principles for artificial intelligence regulation.
Scientific background and early AI research
Institutional biographies state that Amodei earned a doctorate at Princeton and later held a postdoctoral appointment at Stanford University School of Medicine, although they differ on whether the doctoral field should be described as physics or biophysics. Before joining OpenAI, he worked at Google Brain; OpenAI's 2016 hiring announcement described him as a lead author of Deep Speech 2 and a co-author of "Concrete Problems in AI Safety."
Research leadership at OpenAI
OpenAI announced Amodei as a full-time hire in August 2016. He later served as vice president of research, collaborated on GPT-2 and GPT-3, and co-led the direction of OpenAI's research with Ilya Sutskever. He was also a co-author of the 2017 NeurIPS paper "Deep Reinforcement Learning from Human Preferences." OpenAI announced his departure in December 2020 after nearly five years with the organization.
Anthropic leadership and public role
Amodei was among the founders of Anthropic, which was founded in 2021, and the company identified him as chief executive officer when it announced a $124 million Series A that year. Anthropic continued to identify him as CEO and co-founder in April 2026. His wider public role has included testimony before a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee on principles for AI regulation, and TIME included him on its 2025 TIME100 list.
Timeline
- OpenAI publicly announced Amodei as a full-time hire, noting his prior work at Google Brain.
- Co-authored the NeurIPS paper "Deep Reinforcement Learning from Human Preferences."
- OpenAI announced his departure from the vice president of research role after nearly five years with the organization.
- Anthropic announced a $124 million Series A and identified Amodei as its CEO.
- Testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law at a hearing on principles for AI regulation.
- Named to the TIME100 list.
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Current context
- Anthropic identified Dario Amodei as its CEO and co-founder. This is the latest direct official-role confirmation located within the research scope and should be rechecked if a later corporate leadership update is material.
Biographical facts
- Anthropic was founded in 2021, and contemporary company and TIME accounts identified Dario Amodei among its founders and described its leadership under him as CEO.
- OpenAI credited Amodei with collaborating on GPT-2 and GPT-3 and co-leading the direction of its research with Ilya Sutskever.
- Before joining OpenAI, Amodei worked at Google Brain. OpenAI's 2016 hiring announcement also described him as a lead author of Deep Speech 2 and a co-author of "Concrete Problems in AI Safety."
- Institutional biographies state that Amodei earned a Princeton doctorate described as being in physics or biophysics and later held a postdoctoral appointment at Stanford University School of Medicine.
- Amodei was a co-author of the 2017 NeurIPS paper "Deep Reinforcement Learning from Human Preferences."
- TIME included Amodei on its 2025 TIME100 list.
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- Anthropic Co-founder and chief executive officer present
- OpenAI Vice president of research 2020-12-29
- Google Brain
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