Anthropic co-founder used stuffed-animal 'advisory council' for workplace conflicts, Fleuret jokes about a 5th
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-10-22
- The Atlantic (adapted from Kevin Roose's forthcoming The AGI Chronicles) reports Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei and husband Holden Karnofsky used stuffed animals as a "personal advisory council" for managerial role-playing, dating back to their OpenAI days.
- The toys had character profiles: Jinji, "a lazy cat" encouraging her to cancel meetings; Maura, a detail-oriented type-A pink bear; Beary Bonds, the "patron bear of generosity and empathy."
- The story surfaced as Anthropic heads toward a potential $2T IPO and the FTC probes frontier labs.
- Meta researcher François Fleuret quote-replied to Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang: "Time for a 5th column."
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