Claude Code product lead Cat Wu leaves Anthropic for OpenAI to run core product management
Wu announced the move on X a day after saying she had left Anthropic; OpenAI confirmed it and Anthropic declined to comment, Business Insider reports.
Why it matters
Wu led product for Claude Code as it grew from an internal prototype into one of Anthropic's biggest commercial products, and she was one of its most visible public voices. She now joins OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products, working with Thibault Sottiaux, as OpenAI pushes its rival coding tool Codex. Business Insider notes the exit comes a couple of weeks before Anthropic's planned stock market listing. Watch whether more Claude Code staff follow and how Codex's product direction changes.
Key facts
- Cat Wu was product lead for Claude Code at Anthropic
- She left Anthropic last week and announced the departure on Tuesday
- New role: lead product management for Core Products at OpenAI
- She will work with Thibault Sottiaux
- OpenAI confirmed the hire; Anthropic declined to comment
- Wu joined Anthropic in summer 2024