Meet Krishna Rao: The Indian-origin CFO powering Anthropic’s Wall Street debut

Building an artificial intelligence company takes more than powerful models and talented engineers. It takes billions of dollars, access to computing power and someone who knows how much to spend without putting the business at risk. At Anthropic, that responsibility is with Indian origin, Krishna Rao.

CEO Dario Amodei and President Daniela Amodei lead the company, Rao is managing the financial decisions behind its rapid expansion. As Anthropic prepares to enter the stock market, its CFO is once again taking on a challenge he has faced before, helping a major technology company go public.