Anthropic's claude code team experiences further departures following cat wu's move to OpenAI

Following the recent departure of Cat Wu, the former product lead for Claude Code, to OpenAI, the AI industry is witnessing a rapid turnover within Anthropic's core product team. Wu's move to OpenAI, where she will manage core product strategy and collaborate with Tibo, was publicly welcomed by OpenAI President Greg Brockman. This high-profile transition is part of a more significant trend at Anthropic. Within the last two weeks, the Claude Code team has seen a third key member exit. Ten days prior to the reporting, two other engineers also left: Thariq Shihipar, who specialized in Agent features, Skills, and context engineering, and Anthony Morris, who developed the Claude Code desktop application. These successive departures among senior personnel have drawn increased external scrutiny toward the competitive talent mobility within the leading frontier AI organizations.