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Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI and former Tesla AI lead, has joined Anthropic. Karpathy announced the move on X on May 19, 2026, and began work that week on Anthropic’s pre-training team. Announcement In his post, Karpathy wrote: “Personal update: I’ve joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of…
Anthropic has added hardware talent from rival OpenAI, with Clive Chan joining as a Member of Technical Staff focused on custom silicon. Chan, who was widely reported as OpenAI’s second hardware hire on its in-house custom chip program, announced the move on X around June 6–7, 2026. He had joined OpenAI in January 2024. Move…