From Bloomberg journalist to Anthropic cofounder: the Jack Clark career anecdote resurfaces
kevinakwok · x · 2026-10-10
An X post resurfaces the oft-told story of Jack Clark: the Bloomberg journalist took a break to study AI for a few months and ended up a cofounder of Anthropic. Joe Weisenthal quote-posts admitting he "should have paid closer attention," with Kevin Kwok amplifying it—an AI-industry career anecdote with lasting share value.
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