Ariana Younai joins Anthropic to lead nonprofit sales program for Claude
Ariana Younai has joined Anthropic as Nonprofit Sales Lead, where she will head the company’s initiative to help nonprofits integrate AI into their operations. Younai took to social media to share the news, highlighting Anthropic’s focus on safety, transparency, and public benefit in a post on LinkedIn.
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, is focused on building AI systems. Younai joins the Beneficial Deployments team led by Elizabeth Kelly, which supports responsible AI adoption across public and social impact sectors.
New role builds on 14-year career at LinkedIn
Before joining Anthropic, Younai spent more than 14 years at LinkedIn, where she co-founded and led LinkedIn for Nonprofits, a global vertical serving nearly one million nonprofit organizations. Her team focused on social impact and mission-driven talent solutions.
In a separate farewell post, Younai reflected on her time at LinkedIn, writing: “The past 14 years at LinkedIn have been nothing short of a dream job. From a 22-year-old new grad unsure of her path to every professional first — the career-defining promotions, the failed business cases, the work of balancing impact and results, the thrilling moments on stage — it’s been a journey that’s shaped me in ways I’ll carry into everything that comes next.”
Expanding AI access for mission-driven organizations
In her new position, Younai will focus on helping nonprofit teams apply Anthropic’s Claude model to accelerate research, optimize operations, and free up staff time for core mission work.
“AI represents a transformational shift in how we solve problems and expand opportunity — but only if it’s built and deployed responsibly,” says Younai. “In my role, I’ll help nonprofits use Claude to expand what’s possible—accelerating research, optimizing outreach, supporting decision-making, and giving staff back time to focus on mission-critical work—all with ethics built in from the start.”
She added that nonprofits face a pivotal moment in adapting to technological change. “As nonprofits navigate this moment of immense technological change, Claude offers a way to unlock capacity and creativity without compromising the values they stand on,” says Younai.
