Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei, along with all six other Anthropic cofounders, pledged to donate 80% of their wealth, citing concerns about wealth concentration from the AI boom. In an essay titled 'The Adolescence of Technology,' Amodei wrote: 'The thing to worry about is a level of wealth concentration that will break society. Wealthy individuals have an obligation to help solve this problem.' Each cofounder's net worth is estimated at ~$3.7B, potentially directing tens of billions to philanthropy. The pledge is not legally binding and no donations have been made yet - equity is 'set aside' pending implementation.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, Dario Amodei lambasted the Trump administration's decision to allow Nvidia to sell H200 AI chips to China, calling it a 'major mistake' with 'incredible national security implications'.

In 60 Minutes interview, Amodei stated: 'I think I'm deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people. And this is one reason why I've always advocated for responsible and thoughtful regulation of the technology.' When asked 'who elected you and Sam Altman?' responded 'No one, no one.'

Anthropic proposed transparency policy framework for federal, state, or international application. Framework applies only to largest frontier models hitting thresholds like $100M annual revenue. Essentially asks regulators to mandate what Anthropic already does voluntarily through RSP.

In a June 2025 op-ed for the New York Times, Dario Amodei challenged Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of AI. He urged lawmakers to adopt a national transparency standard instead, requiring companies to disclose how they test and deploy AI models. The moratorium was later stripped from the bill.

Amodei warned that AI could wipe out roughly 50% of all entry-level white-collar jobs within 1-5 years, causing unemployment to spike as high as 20%. Stated: 'We, as the producers of this technology, have a duty and an obligation to be honest about what is coming.'

At Paris AI Summit, Amodei stated governments need to enforce transparency of safety plans and facilitate measurement of cyber attacks, CBRN, autonomy, and other global security risks by third-party evaluators. Warned of AI systems becoming 'country of geniuses in a datacenter' by 2026-2027.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei donated more than $214,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, including former President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee. Before the 2024 election, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. In a now-deleted pre-election Facebook post, he called Trump a 'serious and legitimate threat to the rule of law' and compared him to a 'feudal warlord.'

Before the 2024 presidential election, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Amodei told Senate Judiciary Committee that AI systems pose substantial risk of enabling bioweapon production within 2-3 years. Anthropic worked with biosecurity experts for 6 months to study AI misuse. Recommended tough testing/auditing regime, AI supply chain security, and equipment export limits.

In now-deleted Facebook posts from 2018 and before the 2024 election, Dario Amodei compared Trump to a 'feudal warlord', called him a 'serious and legitimate threat to the rule of law', said Trump 'appoints idiots to important government positions', and urged Americans to 'vote against this clown'.