Anthropic hires OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI lead
Anthropic hires OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI lead
Publish Date: 2026-05-19 12:31:00
Source Domain: www.cnbc.com
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Keynote Appearance: Andrej Karpathy, Director of AI at Tesla, gave a keynote speech at the Train AI conference on May 10, 2018, in San Francisco.
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New Role Announcement: Karpathy announced his new role at Anthropic, starting this week, focusing on pre-training research to enhance the company’s Claude models.
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Large Language Models (LLMs): According to Karpathy, the next few years in the development of large language models will be highly influential.
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High-Profile Hire: Karpathy’s move to Anthropic comes amid significant talent competition between Anthropic and its rival, OpenAI.
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Previous Experience: Karpathy co-founded OpenAI before moving to Tesla, where he led the computer vision team for the Autopilot system.
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Legal Context: Karpathy’s history played a notable role in the Musk vs. Altman trial, where he was described as a key figure in computer vision by Elon Musk.
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Previous Engagements: After leaving Tesla, Karpathy returned to OpenAI for a brief period before starting AI education startup Eureka Labs.
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Educational Background: Karpathy holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford.
