Jared Kaplan
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Jared Kaplan

Theoretical physicist and artificial intelligence researcher

Jared Daniel Kaplan is a theoretical physicist and artificial intelligence researcher. He is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics & Astronomy, and a co-founder and chief science officer of Anthropic.2

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Early life and education

  • 2009Harvard University Doctor of Philosophy3

Education

Kaplan attended the high school Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, graduating in 2001. He received a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Stanford University and a PhD in physics from Harvard University. His doctoral thesis is titled Aspects of holography, advised by Nima Arkani-Hamed.

Academic career and physics research

Kaplan’s research interests include quantum gravity, holography (AdS/CFT), conformal field theory, and related topics in particle physics and cosmology. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at SLAC and Stanford University and has been a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University since 2012.

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Career

Occupation: physicist, artificial intelligence researcher.7

Personal life

As of 2026, Forbes estimated Kaplan's net worth at $3.7 billion. He lives in Pacifica, California, and has a son.

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