Cami Clark has no official position at Anthropic, but she has reportedly played an influential role in the artificial intelligence company’s early development and investor relationships. Clark, who is married to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, does not receive a salary or hold equity in the company, yet has been involved in several important moments in its rise.
A connection to Eric Schmidt
One of Clark’s most significant contributions came during Anthropic’s early fundraising. She helped establish a relationship with Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO, which contributed to his participation in Anthropic’s $124 million Series A round, completed in May 2021.
Clark and Amodei first met in 2014 and married in Italy in 2022. She has accompanied him to high-profile gatherings including the World Economic Forum in Davos and major artificial intelligence conferences, where technology companies typically meet prospective investors, regulators and business partners.
Business background and an unsuccessful investment proposal
Clark previously worked as head of revenue at Leap Motion, a gesture-control hardware company, from 2016 to 2017. She later pursued several business ventures, including a women-focused adult entertainment company and a network of women’s health clinics. Neither venture achieved significant scale.
In 2021, Clark also proposed creating a dedicated artificial intelligence investment vehicle within Anthropic’s structure. The plan did not move forward after facing opposition from other founders.
Anthropic’s expanding ambitions
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei, his sister Daniela Amodei and several former OpenAI researchers. The company has since become one of the best-funded private AI laboratories, with its Claude models competing with OpenAI’s GPT series and Google’s Gemini.
Following its Series A financing, Anthropic secured billions of dollars from investors including Google and Amazon. The company is now reportedly considering an initial public offering as soon as fall 2026, with ambitions that could eventually support a valuation in the trillions of dollars.
