Cat Wu joins OpenAI from Anthropic in huge product-lead coup
Source: Business Insider ·
Cat Wu left Anthropic last week after becoming one of the company's highest-profile product managers and is now joining rival OpenAI.
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Cat Wu, who led the product side of Claude Code at Anthropic, left the AI startup for rival OpenAI.Don Feria/AP Content Services for AnthropicCat Wu is joining OpenAI to lead product management for its core products team.She had just announced her departure from Anthropic, where she was a face of Claude Code.The poach is a win for OpenAI ahead of its rival's hotly anticipated IPO in a few weeks.Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week after becoming one of the company's highest-profile product managers, is joining OpenAI. She announced the news on X.Poaching Wu from its archrival is a major coup for OpenAI. Wu was the product leader for Claude Code and had become one of the blockbuster app's prominent evangelists on social media. She oversaw the tool's rise from an internal prototype to a commercial juggernaut that has bolstered both Anthropic's finances and the day-to-day work of software engineers.Now, she'll help Anthropic's elder rival, leading product management for OpenAI's core…
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