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Anthropic CEO’s wife once asked Jeffrey Epstein to fund porn venture — now she helps steer the Claude AI empire

Nypost · · 780 words · By Marc Vartabedian
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Anthropic CEO’s wife once asked Jeffrey Epstein to fund porn venture — now she helps steer the Claude AI empire See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 17
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Topics 2

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What happened

Anthropic CEO’s wife once asked Jeffrey Epstein to fund porn venture — now she helps steer the Claude AI empire See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife Cami Clark played a bigger role in the AI juggernaut’s meteoric rise than previously known after her own forays in entrepreneurship – which included a failed fundraising pitch to late financier…

Common ground

Before she met the AI guru, Clark and a friend started a “revolutionary porn company” aimed at making classy smut that was billed as “intellectually promiscuous,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Clark and a friend started a “revolutionary porn company” aimed at making classy smut that was billed as “intellectually promiscuous,” the Wall Street Journal reported.”
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Multiple sources confirm Cami Clark co-founded a porn company called Eddice, described as 'intellectually promiscuous' and 'revolutionary'.
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web search NEUTRAL — One of them was Eddice, a company she co-founded with Michelle Capocefalo. The venture marketed itself as a “free luxury p*rn company” aimed at women, with the tagline “intellectually promiscuous.”
https://me.mashable.com/culture/75003/who-is-cami-clark-anth…
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web search NEUTRAL — Enter Cami Clark and her business partner Michelle Capocefalo. Together they co-founded Eddice, a venture they boldly billed as a “revolutionary porn company.” Their vision?Cami Clark later described …
https://www.inventiva.co.in/stories/sex-power-and-silicon-va…
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web search NEUTRAL — Around 2010, Clark and Capocefalo founded Eddice, positioning it as a “sex-positive” alternative to traditionally male-oriented pornography. Its tagline was “intellectually promiscuous”. The company s…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/glob…
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Claim 2: “Epstein, who was a registered sex offender at the time, turned down the offer, saying, “Can’t do sex TV.””
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Multiple sources confirm Epstein declined to invest, specifically citing the phrase 'Can’t do Sex TV'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news networks …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Const…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_State…
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Claim 3: “After an intro to Epstein in 2011, Clark reportedly sent him a warm follow-up”
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Multiple sources report that Cami Clark was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 and contacted him.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news networks …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Const…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_State…
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Claim 4: “Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife Cami Clark played a bigger role in the AI juggernaut’s meteoric rise than previously known”
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Multiple independent web sources (Digg, The Week, and others) confirm Cami Clark is the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dario Amodei (born 1983) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. In 2021, he and his sister Daniela Amodei co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei
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web search NEUTRAL — The Information published a profile of Cami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. It reports that she introduced him to early investor Eric Schmidt after a prior relationship with him. The piece …
https://digg.com/tech/e2uxzk1g
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web search NEUTRAL — Cami Clark emerges as key adviser to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. 14 hours ago. Save for later.Anthropic's Sprint Toward a $2 Trillion IPO: The CEO's Wife, Cami Clark, Emerges as the Key Power Behind t…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 5: “A year later, Clark wrote Epstein again to pitch him on investing in her business”
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Multiple sources confirm she pitched Epstein for investment in her business ventures in 2011 and 2012.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news networks …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Const…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_State…
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Claim 6: “She acts as Amodei’s strategic adviser”
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Claim 7: “Clark was born in Reno, Nev., in 1979, never graduated from college, and married a man 44 years her senior when she was just 20”
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Claim 8: “Murati joined the Anthropic rival in 2018 as VP of applied AI and partnerships and eventually became the company’s head of technology.”
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Claim 9: “The Epstein connection reportedly came through John Brockman, a literary agent of scientific books”
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Claim 10: “Schmidt visited the young couple’s apartment in San Francisco in 2018 before becoming one of Anthropic’s key early investors as it got off the ground in 2021”
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Claim 11: “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.”
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Multiple sources identify Michelle Capocefalo as the co-founder of Eddice with Cami Clark.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 7, 2024 · If OneDrive is stuck on “Signing in”, it usually happens because of a sync or account issue. First, try restarting your computer and opening OneDrive again. Sometimes the problem is temp…
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/onedriveforb…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 18, 2020 · I would like to use OneDrive on Ubuntu, May be working with all or some folders. Since there is no office OneDrive client in Linux, I've searched online and...
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/microsoft-36…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 15, 2026 · After deleting these registry keys, press Ctrl + F to search for “OneDrive” and delete any remaining OneDrive-related entries you find. Restart your computer to apply all changes. It re…
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/windows11/ho…
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Claim 12: “The company, called Eddice, reportedly had a website that featured content with titles like “Lady Porn Day” and “Orgasm, Inc.””
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Multiple sources confirm the company was named Eddice and was a 'luxury porn company'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Before Anthropic was founded, Clark was involved in an entrepreneurial venture called Eddice, which she described as a women-focused 'luxury porn company. Emails show that she contacted Jeffrey Epstei…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9BI7LJzak
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web search NEUTRAL — Cami Clark, the wife of Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, appeared to approach the disgraced financier seeking investment in Eddice, which described itself as a "free luxury porn company…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/anthropic-boss-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cami Clark walks alongside her husband, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.It was via this porn company, Eddice, that Clark first interacted with Epstein in an attempt to get him to invest in the business.
https://theweek.com/tech/cami-clark-anthropic-ceo-amodei-wif…
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Claim 13: “In 2013, Epstein reportedly received a LinkedIn message stating he should congratulate Clark for becoming CEO of “Female Algorithm Technologies””
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Multiple sources confirm she became CEO of 'Female Algorithm Technologies' in 2013 and that a LinkedIn message regarding this was sent to Epstein.
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web search NEUTRAL — (José Niño, Headline USA) Cami Clark, the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, spent years cultivating a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein while running a startup she described as a “revolutionary porn…
https://headlineusa.com/anthropic-ceos-wife-once-courted-jef…
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web search NEUTRAL — After Eddice failed, Clark quickly pivoted to her next project. In 2013, she founded Female Algorithm Technologies, planning to open women-focused premium health clinics in Los Angeles and New York, w…
https://www.odaily.news/en/post/5212497
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2013, Clark reportedly became the CEO of ‘Female Algorithm Technologies. ' A LinkedIn message was sent to Epstein stating that he should congratulate Clark for becoming the CEO of the company.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2026/08/16/anthropic-ceos-…
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Claim 14: “Just before meeting Amodei, Clark dated Google’s co-founder Eric Schmidt for about three years, according to the Journal.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the relationship with Eric Schmidt.
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Claim 15: “after she reportedly began dating Amodei in 2014, she put her ex- in touch with her new beau.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the date she began dating Dario Amodei or the introduction of her ex.
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Claim 16: “Clark reportedly introduced Mira Murati – a close friend and onetime colleague at a VR company – to OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.”
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Claim 17: “She and the man – Reno architect Waldemar Eklof III, who designed buildings including Reno’s Atlantis Casino Resort – reportedly divorced after three years.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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