OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic

Appointment at Anthropic

Andrej Karpathy, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher and co-founder of OpenAI, has joined Anthropic. Karpathy announced the move on Tuesday, May 19, via a post on the social media platform X.

According to reports, Karpathy has joined the company's pre-training team. He is working under Nick Joseph, who serves as Anthropic's head of pretraining. Karpathy began his tenure with the company this week.

Professional Background

Karpathy is one of the original 11 co-founders of OpenAI. He was among the organization's earliest staffers before departing for a role at Tesla. During his time at Tesla, Karpathy served as the Director of AI and led the Autopilot Vision team.

His academic background includes studying under Fei-Fei Li, a prominent AI scientist at Stanford University. Karpathy is a Slovak-Canadian researcher and is currently 39 years old.

Company Context

Anthropic describes itself as an AI safety and research company. The organization states that its primary objective is the development of AI systems that are "reliable, interpretable, and steerable".

Karpathy's move to Anthropic follows a career path that has spanned the most influential labs and companies in the field of artificial intelligence, including his initial stint at OpenAI and his subsequent leadership role at Tesla.