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Anthropic CEO's Wife Sought Epstein Investment for Porn Company

Anthropic CEO's Wife Sought Epstein Investment for Porn Company
Anthropic CEO’s wife wanted Epstein to invest in her ‘luxury porn’ venture · indianexpress.com

This story is about a woman named Cami Clark, who is married to Dario Amodei, the boss of Anthropic, a big artificial intelligence company.

Years before she married him, she started a company called Eddice that wanted to make fancier grown-up movies aimed at women.

To get money for her company, she asked a very rich man named Jeffrey Epstein to invest in it.

Epstein had been convicted of a crime in 2008 and had to register as a sex offender, but Clark still met him for dinner in 2011 after a literary agent named John Brockman introduced them.

She emailed him her movie ideas and wrote that the material was 'a little nsfw,' which means not safe for work.

Epstein said he couldn't do 'TV sex,' and there is no proof he ever gave her money.

She also asked him about other ideas, like a health and dieting app for women, and invited him to a housewarming party.

The Wall Street Journal found these emails in the Epstein files, and they went viral online.

People are talking about it because Clark is an important adviser to her husband even though she does not officially work at Anthropic, and she helped connect him with a famous investor named Eric Schmidt.

Key facts

Report source
The Wall Street Journal, based on emails in the Epstein files
Introduction to Epstein
March 2011, via literary agent John Brockman, after Epstein's 2008 sex offender conviction
Company pitched
Eddice, a 'free luxury porn' company co-founded with Michelle Capocefalo, branding itself 'intellectually promiscuous'
Film project
'American Girl in Paris' — script and treatment for the first four films, called 'a little nsfw'
Epstein's responses
'Can't do TV sex' (viral posts quote 'Can't do sex TV'); earlier, 'Yes,, a loud gong'
Investment outcome
No indication Epstein funded Clark's businesses
Clark's role
Unofficial 'sounding board and strategic adviser' to Amodei and Anthropic; holds no formal position
Anthropic funding
$124 million Series A announced May 2021, with Eric Schmidt as an early backer

Quotes

Jeffrey Epstein

Convicted sex offender and former financier

““Hahaha I was going to say, you would be the first person ever that didn’t remember us 🙂 At any rate, are you in NY? Would be great to catch up. I’m in SF/LA til Wed, then back.””
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“"Jeffrey! We thought you and the ladies might enjoy the script/treatment for our first 4 films, American Girl in Paris. A little nsfw... C"”
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