Cat Wu joins OpenAI after leaving Anthropic

AI · First reported 5 Nov, 12:20 · Updated 20:37

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Cat Wu, who led product for Anthropic’s Claude Code, is joining OpenAI to lead product management for its Core Products team. OpenAI said she will report to Thibault Sottiaux and work with leaders on enterprise and consumer products; Wu has not publicly given a reason for leaving Anthropic.

Wu announced her OpenAI move on Wednesday, after saying the day before that she had left Anthropic; she said Friday was her last day there.
At OpenAI, Wu will lead product management for Core Products, report to Thibault Sottiaux, and work with Nick Turley on enterprise products and Ashley Alexander on consumer products.
Wu joined Claude Code two years earlier, when it was a small internal tool; she described its current default as trusting Claude to approve actions automatically.
OpenAI is expanding Codex beyond software developers, while Anthropic is preparing for a planned stock-market listing later that month, according to the report.
Wu did not state why she was leaving. Asked whether the move would affect when she could sell shares, she said it was not a factor in her decision.

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Key facts

New role: Lead product management for OpenAI’s Core Products team.
Reporting line: Wu will report to Thibault Sottiaux.
Last day at Anthropic: Friday, according to Wu’s post as reported by TNW.
Claude Code tenure: Wu said she joined the project two years earlier, when it was a small internal tool.
Reason for departure: Wu did not say why she was leaving Anthropic.