Reporting on Cami Clark’s Anthropic influence describes access to the AI company through her husband, chief executive Dario Amodei, rather than a formal corporate job. The Wall Street Journal and The Information report that Clark does not work for Anthropic, but people familiar with the couple and the company say Amodei seeks her counsel as Anthropic grows.
The distinction is not cosmetic. An informal adviser has no disclosed title, board seat, or documented decision-making authority in the material available here. The reports instead describe Clark as a sounding board for Amodei and as a frequent presence at events where he is speaking or meeting investors.
The Journal reported that Amodei brought Clark to a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi earlier this year, where visiting executives could bring one additional person. It also reported that she has appeared at events including Davos and the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley. A February photograph published by the Journal showed the couple at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
Does Cami Clark have a job at Anthropic?
Not according to the reporting. The Journal says Clark does not work at Anthropic; The Information likewise described her as having no official role. Both accounts rely on people close to the company or the couple for their characterizations of her advice to Amodei, so they establish reported personal influence, not independently documented corporate authority.
The Journal also reported, citing people familiar with Anthropic, that Clark helped connect the company with former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt as an early investor in 2021. Forbes reported that Clark, who married Amodei in 2022, had previously dated Schmidt. The available excerpts do not provide terms of Schmidt’s investment or show what role, if any, Clark played after that introduction.
What do the Epstein emails show?
Released emails described by Forbes and The Information document a separate chapter of Clark’s business history. In March 2011, literary agent John Brockman introduced Clark and business partner Michelle Capocefalo to Jeffrey Epstein, Forbes reported. Clark then sent materials for a planned women-focused adult-film venture, Eddice, which The Information said was intended to make high-production-value films with female protagonists.
Forbes reported that a more direct investment conversation followed in March 2012. Clark discussed possible investment in the adult-film business, which she described in an email as a “free luxury porn company,” and in a social dieting or health-data concept. The reporting says the released files do not indicate that Epstein invested in either venture.
Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution and his sex-offender registration preceded Clark’s outreach, according to Forbes. The same account says the files do not indicate that Clark and Epstein met in person again after the initial period described. The correspondence establishes fundraising outreach, not wrongdoing by Clark.
Clark did not comment to the Journal on the Epstein connection, Forbes reported. The supplied reporting also does not substantiate the claim that Clark is a friend of Ivanka Trump.
This story draws on original reporting from Daring Fireball.
