Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month (Stephen Council/Business Insider)
Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has departed from Anthropic. Wu, who joined the startup in 2024, was instrumental in scaling Claude Code into a significant tech product. This follows the announcement last month by Thariq Shihipar, who also worked on Claude Code, that he was leaving the company.
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Stephen Council / Business Insider:
Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month — - Cat Wu, who helped scale Claude Code into one of tech's most important products, has left Anthropic. — She joined the startup in 2024 …