Jay Kreps appointed to Anthropic's Board of Directors
Anthropic has appointed Jay Kreps, co-founder and CEO of Confluent, to its Board of Directors, effective May 29, 2024. Kreps was appointed by Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust and brings expertise in data infrastructure and enterprise software scaling. Separately, Luke Muehlhauser is stepping down from the board to focus on his work at Open Philanthropy.
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Chris Liddell Appointed to Anthropic's Board of Directors
Anthropic has appointed Chris Liddell to its Board of Directors, adding a figure with senior leadership experience at Microsoft, General Motors, and the Trump White House. Liddell joins existing board members Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, Jay Kreps, and Reed Hastings. The appointment is framed around governance expertise for transformative technology, consistent with Anthropic's Public Benefit Corporation structure. Liddell currently also serves on the boards of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust appoints Vas Narasimhan to Board of Directors
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust has appointed Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis and physician-scientist, to Anthropic's Board of Directors. The appointment means Trust-appointed directors now constitute a majority of the Board, reinforcing the governance structure designed to balance commercial interests with Anthropic's public benefit mission. Narasimhan brings experience overseeing regulatory approval of over 35 novel medicines and is expected to contribute perspective on deploying powerful technology safely at scale, particularly in healthcare and life sciences.
Reed Hastings appointed to Anthropic's board of directors
Anthropic announced that Reed Hastings, Netflix co-founder and former CEO, has been appointed to its board of directors by the Long Term Benefit Trust. Hastings brings prior board experience at Facebook, Microsoft, and Bloomberg, and has recently made a $50M gift to Bowdoin College for an AI and Humanity research initiative. The appointment signals Anthropic's effort to build governance expertise around AI's societal impact as the company moves toward a potential IPO.
Mike Krieger joins Anthropic as Chief Product Officer
Anthropic has hired Mike Krieger, co-founder and former CTO of Instagram, as its Chief Product Officer. Krieger will oversee product engineering, product management, and design as Anthropic expands its enterprise applications and Claude's reach. The hire signals Anthropic's intent to scale consumer and enterprise product efforts, bringing in a leader with experience growing platforms to over a billion users.
Krishna Rao joins Anthropic as Chief Financial Officer
Anthropic has appointed Krishna Rao as its Chief Financial Officer, effective May 21, 2024. Rao brings nearly 20 years of finance leadership experience from roles at Fanatics Commerce, Cedar, and Airbnb, where he helped navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and led over $10 billion in capital raises including Airbnb's IPO. The hire signals Anthropic's focus on scaling financial operations to support enterprise growth and international expansion.
Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic
Andrej Karpathy has announced he is joining Anthropic, as shared via a tweet that garnered significant community attention on Hacker News. Karpathy is one of the most prominent figures in AI, having co-founded OpenAI, led Tesla's Autopilot team, and most recently founded the AI education company Eureka Labs. This move represents a major talent acquisition for Anthropic and a significant shift in the competitive landscape among frontier AI labs.
Anthropic appoints Paul Smith as first Chief Commercial Officer
Anthropic will appoint Paul Smith as its first Chief Commercial Officer, with the role to begin later in 2025. Smith brings over 30 years of enterprise go-to-market experience from Microsoft, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. The announcement coincides with Anthropic citing strong enterprise growth metrics, including hundreds of thousands of active API customers and Claude Code recurring revenue growing over 5x in two months.
Richard Fontaine, national security expert, appointed to Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) has appointed Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, as a new trustee. Fontaine brings extensive government experience spanning the National Security Council, State Department, Capitol Hill, and the Defense Policy Board. The appointment signals Anthropic's increasing focus on the intersection of advanced AI capabilities and geopolitical/national security risks, and strengthens the LTBT's oversight role in guiding Anthropic's public benefit mission.