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Founded by Chris Olah, Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei and Jared Kaplan on Jan 26, 2021, in San Francisco.1
Private company
Logo: Anthropic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American artificial intelligence company
Anthropic, PBC (stylized as ANTHROP\C or A\) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its flagship product is Claude, a series of proprietary large language models (LLMs).2 It was founded by Jared Kaplan, Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei and Chris Olah.1 Its chief executive is Dario Amodei (since 2021).1 It employed 2,500 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Anthropic, PBC (stylized as ANTHROP\C or A\) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its flagship product is Claude, a series of proprietary large language models (LLMs).2
Founded by Chris Olah, Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei and Jared Kaplan on Jan 26, 2021, in San Francisco.1
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