Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei along with several former OpenAI researchers. The company is focused on building AI systems that are safe, beneficial, and interpretable. Anthropic created Claude, a family of AI assistants known for being helpful, harmless, and honest. Claude is used by millions of users and thousands of businesses worldwide for writing, analysis, coding, and research. The company has raised over $7.6 billion from investors including Google, Amazon, and Spark Capital, with a valuation of $61.5 billion making it one of the most valuable AI startups in the world. Anthropic is headquartered in San Francisco with approximately 700 employees. The company conducts pioneering research in AI interpretability, constitutional AI, and alignment. Anthropic competes directly with OpenAI in the foundation model space and is considered one of the two most important AI safety focused companies globally.