Anthropic

Anthropic is an American private artificial intelligence safety and research company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and other former OpenAI researchers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and focuses on developing AI systems with strong safety and alignment properties.

Anthropic conducts research into AI safety, alignment, and robust capabilities, with an emphasis on improving the steerability, interpretability, and controllability of large language models. The organization aims to address challenges related to model behavior, reliability, and governance as AI systems scale.

The company’s flagship product line centers on Claude, a family of large language models and assistants delivered via API and cloud platforms. Claude is positioned as an alternative to other commercial language models and is intended to offer improvements in safety, controllability, and user experience.

A key aspect of Anthropic’s approach is the development of safety-centered methodologies, including Constitutional AI, which uses a defined set of policies or rules to guide model responses. The company also pursues research in evaluation, red-teaming, and scalable safety practices to reduce risk and improve alignment with user intent.

In terms of funding and partnerships, Anthropic has attracted investment from venture capital and strategic partners and has announced collaborations with major technology platforms, including a notable relationship with Google Cloud. These arrangements support compute and deployment of Claude-powered applications and facilitate broader access to the technology.

Anthropic continues to operate as an independent research and product organization, contributing to the broader AI safety and policy discourse while pursuing practical applications of its technology.