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Claude Code product lead Cat Wu leaves Anthropic to join OpenAI

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Cat Wu, founding product lead for Claude Code, announced she is joining OpenAI to lead product management for its Core Products team, working with Codex lead Thibault Sottiau.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-11-05 13:47 · The Next Web
    Claude Code’s product lead Cat Wu leaves Anthropic to join OpenAI
  2. 2026-11-05 12:20 · The Decoder
    Anthropic loses product lead Catherine Wu behind Claude Code to OpenAI
  3. 2026-11-05 01:43 · Unite.AI
    Cat Wu to Lead Product Management for OpenAI’s Core Products
  4. 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

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