Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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