Anthropic developed the Claude AI assistant and was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers.
Anthropic was founded by siblings Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei with other former OpenAI employees. The company develops large language models and AI systems, with Claude as its best-known assistant and model family.
The company has attracted major strategic investment and partnerships as businesses compete to build and deploy generative AI. Its research has emphasized AI safety, reliability, and methods for making model behavior more consistent with human intentions.
Anthropic is often confused with OpenAI because both were founded by researchers who worked in the same broader AI community and both develop conversational AI systems. They are separate companies. Unlike older public technology giants, Anthropic’s private-company valuation is not identical to public-market capitalization.