Cat Wu, the product leader behind Anthropic’s Claude Code, is moving to OpenAI to lead product management for its core products team. At Anthropic, she helped take Claude Code from an internal prototype to a widely adopted commercial tool, becoming a prominent public advocate as it reshaped how software engineers work. OpenAI says Wu will work with Nick Turley on enterprise products and Ashley Alexander on consumer products, reporting to Tibo Sottiaux. She praised OpenAI’s reach, which exceeds one billion users, and described a goal of building agents that support individuals and teams while leaving users in control.
The hire strengthens OpenAI’s effort to grow Codex, its counterpart to Claude Code, particularly in enterprise markets, where OpenAI had trailed Anthropic in sales earlier in the year. Both tools have benefited from advances that let AI systems write code and handle longer, more complex tasks, and their use is spreading beyond software development. Wu’s departure comes weeks before Anthropic’s planned IPO, a moment when the company is presenting its financial performance and growth prospects to investors. It is also a return to a familiar pattern: Wu and Claude Code creator Boris Cherny briefly left Anthropic for startup Cursor in 2025, then returned and helped drive the coding product’s rapid rise. Wu said the possibility of selling her shares sooner was not a factor in her decision.
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