Benjamin Mann
Unicorn founderFounder at Anthropic
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedAnthropic$965B
About
He was previously a member of technical staff at OpenAI, where he worked on large language models, and spent several years as a software engineer at Google across two stints. He also had brief stints at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and as the founder of his own startup.
Founder at Anthropic
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Anthropic's investors · 91
3Comma CapitalLisbon7BC Venture CapitalSan FranciscoA.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksAlkeon InnovationNew YorkAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorSeattle · $100K – $600K checksAlpha Wave GlobalMiamiAlphabetMountain ViewAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2025Altra VentureNew York City · $500K – $25M checksArtisanal VenturesTiburonAser VenturesLondonAurum Venture PartnersPleasantonAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkB CapitalGenevaBaillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2025Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksBeyond Earth VenturesWilmington · $500K – $2M checksBlackstonesince 2025Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checksBuilders + BackersCapital GroupLos Angeles · since 2026Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2026Cold Start VenturesNew YorkCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityDnx VenturesTokyo · $1M – $5M checksDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2026Emerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksEverybody Ventures$100K checksFactorial FundsSan FranciscoFidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2025Firestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026FriedomMiami BeachGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGeneral AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks · since 2025General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025Gestio CapitalLondonGICSingapore · since 2025Goose Valley VenturesStockholm · $870K checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2026Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan Francisco · since 2025ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2025Integra GroupeMenlo Park · $100K – $200K checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksKaleida CapitalSan DiegoKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checksLaunchBay CapitalLondonLG Technology VenturesSanta ClaraLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2025LIONHEART VENTURESSan FranciscoMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksManhattan WestLos AngelesMastrySan FranciscoMech VenturesLas VegasMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksMentha PartnersMetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksMoonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checksMorrison Seger Venture Capital PartnersDallasMyAsiaVCSeattleNotable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksNTT Venture CapitalMenlo ParkOssian CapitalPoint NineBerlin · $1M – $10M checksQatar Investment AuthorityDoha · since 2025Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksRapid ScaleLas VegasRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRogue Insight CapitalMarkhamSamsung Catalyst FundSan JoseSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2026Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksSquareOne CapitalMiamiSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025Touring CapitalSan FranciscoTowerBrookLondonTPGSan Francisco · since 2025Type One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checksValkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark CityWAGMI VenturesWealthUnion$10K checks
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Co-founders at Anthropic
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Dario AmodeiCo-founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Daniela AmodeiCo-founder & President
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Tom BrownCo-founder
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Jack ClarkCo-founder & Head of Policy
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Jared KaplanCo-founder & Chief Science Officer
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Chris OlahCo-founder & Interpretability Research Lead
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Sam McCandlishCo-founder & Chief Architect
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Ben MannCo-founder
Experience
- AnthropicMember Of Technical Staffcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- OpenAIMember Of Technical Staff2019 — 2020San Francisco, CA
- StartupFounder2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Machine Intelligence Research InstituteSoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
- OpenAISoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2013 — 2016Mountain View, CA
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013New York, NY
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2010New York, NY
- Columbia University, Robotics GroupResearch Associate2008 — 2009
- NASA Robotics AcademyResearch Associate Summer2008
- Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionResearch Assistant2007 — 2008
- Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionResearch Assistant2007
- Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionResearch Assistant2006
Education
- Columbia EngineeringBS, Computer Science2007 — 2011
- Falmouth AcademyHigh School2004 — 2007
Skills & more
Programming2Algorithms3Shell Scripting1TCP/IP1OOP1Computer Science2Java13C6Eclipse4C++9SQL1Matlab2
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ApacheHTMLPythonLanguages Chinese · French
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google1,559
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