Cat Wu, Claude Code's head of product, leaves Anthropic to lead product management for OpenAI's Core Products

Cat Wu, who led product for Claude Code at Anthropic, said on November 5 that she is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products. Two days earlier she posted that her last day at Anthropic had been Friday, October 30.

THE MOVE

• Wu says she will work with Thibault Sottiaux and OpenAI's PM team, and that they will build agents that keep users in control.
• Her announcement passed 4 million views on X within two days.

HER WORK AT ANTHROPIC

Wu was head of product for Claude Code and also worked on Claude Cowork. Her last product announcement before leaving, on October 21, was the waitlist for Claude Duet, an agent that notices work that needs doing and does it before you ask.

NOT THE FIRST MOVE

In July 2025, Wu and Claude Code creator Boris Cherny left Anthropic for Cursor maker Anysphere and returned about two weeks later.

WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW

Which products she will run first, and who now leads product for Claude Code. Anthropic has not commented publicly.