Amodei Once Urged OpenAI to Reject Thiel's Money, Later Thiel Invested in Anthropic
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly urged OpenAI to stop accepting funding from billionaire Peter Thiel, describing him as morally worthy of condemnation over a $1.25 million donation to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. The remarks were posted in OpenAI's internal chat during Amodei's time there. They have resurfaced as Anthropic prepares a Nasdaq IPO and courts investors. The issue is complicated by the fact that Thiel's Founders Fund later invested roughly $1.25 billion in Anthropic, the company Amodei co-founded.
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