\u00a0Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei\u2019s wife Cami Clark played a bigger role in the AI juggernaut\u2019s meteoric rise than previously known after her own forays in entrepreneurship \u2013 which included a failed fundraising pitch to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a \u201cluxury\u201d porn startup, according to a report.<\/p>\n
Before she met the AI guru, Clark and a friend started a \u201crevolutionary porn company\u201d aimed at making classy smut that was billed as \u201cintellectually promiscuous,\u201d the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n The company, called Eddice, reportedly had a website that featured content with titles like \u201cLady Porn Day\u201d and \u201cOrgasm, Inc.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Cami Clark and Dario Amodei married in 2022, though scant details about her exist online. <\/p>\n After an intro to Epstein in 2011,<\/a> Clark reportedly sent him a warm follow-up, writing: \u201cHello Jeffrey! We would love to have dinner with you this evening.\u201d She sent him her cellphone number, too.<\/p>\n Clark followed up by writing, \u201cWe thought you and the ladies might enjoy the script\/treatment for our first 4 films, American Girl in Paris. A little nsfw,\u201d or Not Safe For Work.<\/p>\n A year later, Clark wrote Epstein again to pitch him on investing in her business, which she said had just hired someone from Oprah Winfrey\u2019s company and Ashton Kutcher\u2019s Katalyst, the media company tha launched shows like \u201cPunk\u2019d.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n When Epstein at first didn\u2019t recall her, Clark wrote, \u201cWe have the free luxury porn company. Does that ring a bell?\u201d<\/p>\n Epstein wrote back, \u201cYes, a loud gong,\u201d prompting a playful reply from Clark: \u201cHaha, I was going to say, you would be the first person that didn\u2019t remember us.\u201d<\/p>\n Epstein, who was a registered sex offender at the time, turned down the offer, saying, \u201cCan\u2019t do sex TV.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark stayed in touch with Epstein over two years, the Journal reported, inviting him to a Manhattan housewarming party for her and her porn biz cofounder Michelle Capocefalo.<\/p>\n In 2013, Epstein reportedly received a LinkedIn message stating he should congratulate Clark for becoming CEO of \u201cFemale Algorithm Technologies\u201d \u2013 online traces of which include a Tumblr account featuring photos of nude women, a pic of Steve Jobs and mottos such as \u201cGreat Minds F\u2014 Each Other\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Make Lots of Money,\u201d according to the Journal.<\/p>\n Cami Clark unsuccessfully pitched Jeffrey Epstein, who was at the time a registered sex offender, for funding for her porn film startup, according to the Journal. REUTERS<\/p>\n The relationship was part of a colorful series of adventures among the world\u2019s tech and business elite for Clark, who is known to keep a low profile. Searches for \u201cDario Amodei\u2019s wife\u201d on Google often turn up a photograph of his sister, Daniela Amodei, who helps run Anthropic, the Journal noted. Anthropic\u2019s AI chatbot Claude is wont to tell users, \u201cDario Amodei\u2019s marital status doesn\u2019t seem to be clearly confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n