In this episode of Frameworks for Growth, Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo sits down with Daniela Amodei, President and Co-founder of Anthropic, to discuss what it takes to build both a mission-driven company and a cutting-edge AI research lab.
They explore how Daniela approaches hiring with intention, how to scale responsibly in the age of AI, and what it means to build trust while working on transformative technologies like Claude.
🔑 Topics covered:
00:17 - Introduction
00:45 - Anthropic as an AI safety and research company
02:22 - Balance technical research and commercializing
04:21 - Public benefit corporations (PBCs)
05:50 - Hiring lessons from Anthropic and OpenAI
08:03 - Articulating company values
09:33 - Aligning new employees on company values
12:39 - Non-obvious traits when hiring
15:25 - Balancing thoughtfulness and simplicity with engineering hires
18:50 - Common misconceptions about the future of AI
20:05 - Enterprises are bullish on AI
21:29 - What will be true about AI in 2035
22:57 - Co-founding a company with your sibling
24:08 - A moment where you realized the future is here
25:15 - What Daniela’s reading
25:54 - Interest in East African government and advising them on AI
27:29 - Incorporating as a PBC was the right move
28:25 - Deciding on how to structure their hardware
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