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Cat Wu Joins OpenAI to Lead Core Products

OpenAI says it will use her product experience to build reliable, persistent AI agents that stay under user control.

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Cat Wu, who led the product side of Claude Code at Anthropic, has left the AI startup.

Overview

  • Cat Wu announced on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 that she is joining OpenAI to run product management for its Core Products group.
  • She said her priority at OpenAI is developing reliable, persistent agents—AI that can carry out multistep tasks over time while letting users check, direct, and control their work.
  • Wu led product for Anthropic’s Claude Code, helping turn it from an internal tool into a major commercial product used by developers and teams.
  • Her exit from Anthropic—reported to have a last day of Oct. 30, 2026—adds to other departures from the Claude Code team and comes before Anthropic’s planned IPO, raising questions about team stability.
  • The hire strengthens OpenAI’s push to scale agent capabilities by combining product talent with its growing Codex user base and recent moves to enable secure cloud execution for persistent agents, a development to watch for enterprise adoption and governance rules.