Eric Schmidt had plenty of reasons to toast the success of Dario Amodei and Anthropic at a private event the former Google CEO hosted recently. But Schmidt, who is also an early Anthropic investor, made a point to celebrate “Cami and Dario,” the couple seated together at the event. The Cami in question was Amodei’s wife, Camilla Clark, who has become a key behind-the-scenes player at Anthropic as the company has shot to prominence over the past year. As Amodei has hopscotched the globe to preach about the potential and risks of AI—from New Delhi to Davos to Sun Valley—Clark has almost always been near his side. Several people who know the couple describe Clark as Amodei’s emotional ballast, someone he has sought counsel from during the turbulence of Anthropic’s growth and clashes with Washington over the future of AI. Clark may well be the most consequential person within Anthropic’s orbit who doesn’t have a formal role at the startup. You might even call her the first lady of Anthropic.
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