Anthropic

Building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei, along with several other former OpenAI researchers, with a mission to build AI systems that are safe and beneficial. The company's core research focuses on developing techniques for AI alignment, interpretability, and safety—ensuring that increasingly powerful AI systems remain under human control and act in accordance with human values. The company's flagship product is Claude, an AI assistant available in multiple tiers (Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus) that competes with other frontier AI models. Claude is known for its nuanced conversational abilities, strong reasoning capabilities, and commitment to safety guardrails. Anthropic has also pioneered research in Constitutional AI, a technique for training AI systems to follow a set of principles or a "constitution" rather than relying solely on human feedback. Anthropic has attracted significant investment from major technology companies including Amazon and Google, reflecting the strategic importance of their safety-focused approach to AI development. The company has grown rapidly, expanding its research team and releasing increasingly capable models while maintaining its focus on responsible AI development. The company operates as a public benefit corporation, which legally obligates it to balance the interests of shareholders with the company's mission of developing safe AI. This corporate structure reflects Anthropic's deep commitment to ensuring that the development of advanced AI proceeds in a way that prioritizes safety and broad benefit over pure profit maximization.