Not much is publicly known about Dario Amodei’s wife, but she is more involved with Anthropic’s workings than most people expected.
Cami Clark, the wife of Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei, does not hold a formal position at the AI company. However, reports from the Wall Street Journal and The Information describe her as an influential figure in Amodei’s inner circle, involved in everything from introductions to investors to political outreach. Her unusual entrepreneurial history has also come under scrutiny, including a period when she co-founded an adult film company and attempted to raise money from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the reports, Clark grew up in Reno, Nevada, in a blue-collar family and began working at a young age. She later moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, studied architecture at California College of the Arts and worked in business development at office-furniture company Herman Miller.
Her early business career was marked by several ventures. Around 2009, Clark co-founded Eddice with Michelle Capocefalo, an adult film company aimed specifically at female audiences. The company sought to differentiate itself from the predominantly male-oriented adult entertainment industry through higher production values and a female perspective.
Attempt To Raise Money From Epstein
Eddice struggled to attract conventional investors because of its involvement in adult entertainment. According to documents referenced in the reports, Clark and Capocefalo were introduced to Epstein in 2011 by literary agent John Brockman. Epstein had pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution three years earlier.
An email from Brockman to Epstein reportedly described Clark and Capocefalo as friends who were raising money in Los Angeles for an adult film targeting the female market.
Clark subsequently contacted Epstein herself and sent him the script for the project. “We thought you and the ladies might enjoy it—a bit NSFW,” the note said. The correspondence continued when she later asked whether he would participate in another funding round.
Epstein reportedly declined to invest, saying he could not participate in sex-related television. Clark then pitched him another idea, described in the reports as a social-dieting application for women.
The correspondence between Clark and Epstein continued for roughly two years, according to the reports, and included invitations to social events and a LinkedIn connection.
Importantly, the reports do not indicate that Epstein ultimately invested in Eddice. The company reportedly raised only a few hundred thousand dollars overall, well short of its fundraising target, and its website stopped being updated around 2013.
From Women’s Health To AI
After Eddice failed to gain significant traction, Clark moved into women’s healthcare. In 2013, she founded Female Algorithm Technologies, a proposed network of high-end women’s health clinics in Los Angeles and New York.
The venture attracted investment from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. It was also during this period that Clark met Amodei, with the two reportedly beginning to date in 2014.
Female Algorithm Technologies never launched. Clark later joined virtual-reality company Leap Motion as head of revenue in 2016, where she met Mira Murati, who would later become OpenAI’s chief technology officer.
Clark’s connection to Schmidt would eventually become particularly significant for Amodei.
How Clark Helped Bring Eric Schmidt To Anthropic
According to people cited in the reports, Clark had already been sharing Amodei’s research papers with wealthy technology figures while he was still at OpenAI.
When Amodei left OpenAI in 2020 alongside his sister Daniela Amodei and several other researchers to establish Anthropic, Clark helped connect him with Schmidt, who had previously invested in one of her ventures.
Schmidt visited Amodei and Clark at their San Francisco apartment in 2018 and was reportedly impressed by Amodei’s ideas. In 2021, Schmidt participated in Anthropic’s $124 million Series A funding round.
Clark’s proposed involvement went beyond making introductions. In February 2021, she reportedly presented Schmidt with a 40-page proposal for a venture fund called the “Mother of AGI Fund.”
The proposal sought to formalize Clark’s involvement with Anthropic, manage Schmidt’s investment interests and invest across the broader AGI ecosystem. The plan reportedly aimed to raise billions of dollars.
However, the proposal encountered resistance inside Anthropic. People familiar with the matter told the reports that Daniela Amodei and other co-founders objected to the arrangement because of Clark’s personal relationship with the CEO. Schmidt ultimately invested directly in Anthropic rather than through the proposed fund.
An Influential Figure Outside Anthropic’s Org Chart
Clark’s reported influence is notable precisely because she has no formal position at Anthropic.
People familiar with the couple have described her as an important strategic adviser and a stabilizing presence for Amodei. She has also accompanied him to major gatherings, including Davos, New Delhi and the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley.
The reports say Clark is considerably more outgoing than Amodei and has taken an active role in approaching politicians, investors and other influential figures before introducing them to the Anthropic CEO.
Her political networking has reportedly expanded as Anthropic’s relationship with the U.S. government has become increasingly important.
Anthropic’s Political Battle
Anthropic has found itself at the center of a major debate over the use of AI by the U.S. government. The company clashed with the Trump administration after Amodei resisted demands concerning restrictions on the use of Claude by the Pentagon.
According to the reports, Clark has subsequently engaged in political outreach on Anthropic’s behalf, including developing relationships with figures in President Donald Trump’s orbit.
The reports also describe her as being friendly with Ivanka Trump and participating in a private group of prominent women in technology.
A Remarkable Journey Alongside Anthropic
Clark’s career has taken an unusual path: from Reno and an early career in business development, to an adult entertainment startup and a proposed women’s-health venture, and eventually into the network of investors and political figures surrounding one of the world’s most valuable AI companies.
Her attempt to raise money from Epstein appears to have been part of Eddice’s broader fundraising efforts, and the available reports say that Epstein ultimately declined to invest.
Today, Clark remains outside Anthropic’s formal organizational structure. Yet if the accounts of people familiar with the couple are accurate, her influence over the company’s CEO and her connections to investors and political figures give her an unusual position around one of the most closely watched AI companies in the world.
As Anthropic moves toward a potential public listing and navigates increasingly complicated relationships with investors, competitors and the U.S. government, the background role played by Amodei’s wife is likely to attract more scrutiny.