Cat Wu, a face of the blockbuster app Claude Code, leaves Anthropic
Cat Wu, a key product leader at Anthropic who helped scale the Claude Code tool, has resigned from the company. Her departure occurs just weeks before Anthropic's anticipated initial public offering.
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The loss of a high-profile product leader during a critical pre-IPO phase may impact investor sentiment and internal product strategy at a major AI firm.
Cat Wu, who led the product side of Claude Code at Anthropic, has left the AI startup. Don Feria/AP Content Services for Anthropic Cat Wu, who helped scale Claude Code into one of tech's most important products, has left Anthropic. She joined the startup in 2024 and left weeks ahead of its initial public offering. When asked if she's taking time off, Wu said, "post agi!" Cat Wu, a top product manager at Anthropic and one of a small group behind the launch of its blockbuster tool Claude Code , left the company on Friday. Wu announced her departure on Tuesday afternoon on X, thanking the Claude Code team and its users and reflecting on the tool's progress. As the head of product for Claude Code, Wu served as one of the two top leaders and evangelists for the technology alongside its original creator, Boris Cherny.
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