Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic Pre-Training Team

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Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI leader, has joined Anthropic's pre-training team. Karpathy, a prominent AI researcher known for his work in deep learning, returns to frontier large language model research after stepping back from the field. His move to Anthropic marks a significant leadership shift in the competitive AI development landscape between the two research organizations.

Tuesday, May 19, 2026