Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Anthropic Hires Andrej Karpathy for Claude Pretraining Team
The former OpenAI founding member and Tesla AI executive will work on the large-scale training systems behind Anthropic’s Claude models.
The former OpenAI founding member and Tesla AI executive will work on the large-scale training systems behind Anthropic’s Claude models.
The deal brings SDK and MCP server tooling in-house as Anthropic pushes deeper into agent infrastructure.
The four-year partnership will support AI tools and public resources across health, education and economic mobility.
The new firm will help mid-sized companies deploy Claude inside core operations, targeting businesses without large in-house AI teams.
Anthropic’s ‘Project Deal’ tested whether AI agents could buy, sell and negotiate for employees, completing 186 transactions worth more than $4,000.