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Nov 5, 2026

Anthropic's Claude Code product lead defects to OpenAI

Catherine Wu, the founding product lead for Claude Code at Anthropic, is leaving to join OpenAI as head of product management for Core Products, working directly with the Codex team.

Nov 5, 2026·3 sources

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▪Catherine Wu's departure from Anthropic occurred weeks before Anthropic's planned initial public offering as the company presents its financial performance to potential investors
▪Catherine Wu, who led product management for Claude Code at Anthropic, left Anthropic last week and announced on November 4, 2026, that she is joining OpenAI's core products team
▪In 2025, Catherine Wu and Claude Code creator Boris Cherny briefly left Anthropic for AI startup Cursor before returning to Anthropic

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