Cat Wu, Claude Code's core product lead, jumps to OpenAI — 4th key exit in 6 months
智东西 · wechat · 2026-11-05
Cat Wu (Catherine Wu), product lead for Claude Code and Cowork at Anthropic, is joining OpenAI to lead core product management. She had teased her departure on X, replying "post AGI!" when asked about a 6-month sabbatical.
- Her background: Princeton CS, stints at YouTube, Scale AI (early employee), Dagster engineering lead, and Index Ventures partner before joining Anthropic in August 2024
- She drove Claude Code's productization, set its roadmap, and later led the Cowork line; The Information reported a brief weeks-long move to Cursor in summer 2025
- She is the fourth senior departure since June, after Thariq Shihipar, Anthony Morris, and Jenny Wen
- The move comes just as Anthropic filed for IPO, reportedly listing on Nasdaq the week of Nov 16
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