Business Insider says Catherine Wu joins OpenAI after leaving Anthropic
According to Business Insider, Catherine Wu has joined OpenAI as product lead for its core products team after leaving Anthropic last week. She announced the move on X and said she has a lot of respect for OpenAI and its reach to more than 1 billion users. Wu previously led Claude Code, helping it grow from an internal prototype into a major commercial product. OpenAI confirmed the hire, and she will work with Nick Turley on enterprise products and Ashley Alexander on consumer products while reporting to Tibo Sottiaux.
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- Business Insider · Catherine Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she joined OpenAI as Product Lead for Core Products; Wu was the Head of Product for Claude Code for two years ↗
- Techmeme · Catherine Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she joined OpenAI as Product Lead for Core Products; Wu was the Head of Product for Claude Code for two years ↗