Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI lead Andrej Karpathy
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy said he is joining Anthropic, in a high-profile move that underscores the intensifying battle for top machine-learning talent. Karpathy co-founded OpenAI before leading Tesla's Autopilot AI team, and most recently ran an AI-education start-up. CNBC reports the hire as Anthropic continues to scale its Claude model business.
Andrej Karpathy announced on X that he was joining Anthropic, saying he wanted to back the company's effort to scale artificial intelligence safely. Karpathy was a co-founder of OpenAI when it launched in 2015 and later led Tesla's Autopilot AI team, where he became a prominent voice on deep learning.
Most recently he ran a start-up focused on AI-driven education. His move underscores the scale of the talent war reshaping the industry. Anthropic is broadening enterprise adoption of its Claude models and is presenting Karpathy's expertise in model training and interpretability as a major addition.
CNBC frames the hire alongside a rapid run of product launches and partnership announcements for Anthropic. The company, backed by large investments from Google and Amazon, is deepening its corporate customer base in the United States and Europe. The signing is likely to sharpen Anthropic's rivalry with OpenAI in the months ahead.
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