Stanford Graduate School of Business

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. 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