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Daniella and Dario recount how Anthropic came to be founded in early 2021, amidst the ongoing pandemic. Originally a team from OpenAI, they felt a strong desire to create a focused research environment focused on AI safety. The pandemic's social constraints shaped their early interactions, but the need for a coherent AI safety mission brought them together. They sought a small team aligned in their vision towards developing reliable AI systems that place humans at the center.