{
  "id": 19485121,
  "title": "Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wanted OpenAI to stop taking Peter Thiel’s money",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/why-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-wanted-openai-to-stop-taking-peter",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-11T10:49:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/dario-amodei-wanted-openai-to-stop-taking-peter-thiels-money-over-a-1-25-million-campaign-donation-called-thiel-morally-worthy-of-/articleshow/135734165.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, once urged OpenAI to cease receiving funds from billionaire investor Peter Thiel. The reason behind his stance was Thiel's $1.25 million contribution to support Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, which Amodei deemed unworthy of moral support. At the time, Amodei was a few months into his role at OpenAI, where he led the safety team. He shared his thoughts on the company's internal messaging platform, as reported by The New York Times. Years later, Thiel's money did find its way to Amodei when Thiel's venture capital firm, Founders Fund, invested in Anthropic in February of this year, co-leading a $30 billion funding round that valued the company at $380 billion. The firm also contributed approximately $1.25 billion of its own capital, and Thiel is also an investor in OpenAI, giving both labs a vested interest. Amodei's stance on political funding initially led to his departure from OpenAI in December 2020, when he, along with several colleagues, founded Anthropic four weeks later. Despite the shift in his views on political funding, Amodei's company, Anthropic, now prepares to go public on Nasdaq later this month, alongside other investors including Thiel, showcasing the complex nature of these relationships in the tech industry.",
  "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei once urged OpenAI to stop accepting money from billionaire Peter Thiel, calling him \"morally worthy of condemnation\" over his $1.25 million donation to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. The messages were posted on OpenAI's internal chat months after Amodei joined, and they have resurfaced as Anthropic pitches its Nasdaq IPO to investors. The twist: Thiel's Founders Fund…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/tsmc-plans-up-to-1b-investment-in-anthropic-openai",
        "published": "2026-11-11T03:53:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews Business",
        "title": "Inside Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO: What we know about the AI giant’s plans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/inside-anthropics-blockbuster-ipo-what-we-know-about-the-ai-giants",
        "published": "2026-11-11T05:25:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "What Taiwanese chip giant TSMC gains from taking stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/what-taiwanese-chip-giant-tsmc-gains-from-taking-stakes-in-openai-and",
        "published": "2026-11-11T07:30:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}