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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN

By Zimbo · October 10, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Sunday strip: Daniela Amodei — flute kid, UC Santa Cruz English degree, CS: none; global health to 2013 Stripe; 2018 OpenAI VP of Safety and Policy; 2021 walkout to found Anthropic; 2022-24: FTX $500M, Amazon $4B, Google $2B, Claude ships; kicker: Dario in the spotlight, Daniela at the control desk.
Daniela Amodei went from a flute scholarship and an English degree to running Anthropic — the safety-first lab behind Claude. She walked out of OpenAI with her brother Dario, took the FTX money, the Amazon billions, and the president's chair. He got the spotlight. She got the company. In six panels.Zimbo for AI News Page
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