Claude Code product lead Cat Wu leaves Anthropic to join OpenAI
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Cat Wu, Anthropic's founding product lead for Claude Code, announced she is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products, working with Codex lead Thibault Sottiaux. She is among several Claude Code staff to leave Anthropic recently.
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Timeline · 7 reports
- 2026-11-05 13:47 · The Next Web
Claude Code’s product lead Cat Wu leaves Anthropic to join OpenAI - 2026-11-05 12:20 · The Decoder
Anthropic loses product lead Catherine Wu behind Claude Code to OpenAI - 2026-11-05 01:43 · Unite.AI
Cat Wu to Lead Product Management for OpenAI’s Core Products - 2026-11-05 01:20 · Techmeme
Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she is joining OpenAI to lead product manangement for core products; Wu was the product lead for Claude Code - 2026-11-05 00:57 · Business Insider AI
Cat Wu joins OpenAI from Anthropic in huge product-lead coup - 2026-11-04 06:51 · Analytics India Magazine
Three Members Behind Claude Code Leave Anthropic Within 10 Days - 2026-11-04 05:45 · DEV Community — AI
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