Sam McCandlish
Promoted to Chief Architect, Anthropic · Oct 2, 2025 · News
Why, in the source's words
Patil started at the company earlier this week, taking over from co-founder Sam McCandlish, who will move to a new role as chief architect.
Also at these companies
| Date | Person | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Jacob CoxonDepartedAnthropicNext role not statedOther | AnthropicPretraining researcherNext role not stated | Other | |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Alexander PritzelPoached GoogleAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jonas AdlerPoachedGoogleAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| Jun 20, 2026 | John JumperPoached DeepMindAnthropicOther | Other | ||
| May 19, 2026 | Andrej KarpathyAppointedNot statedAnthropicOther | Not stated AnthropicPre-training team | Other | |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Irina GhoseAppointed MicrosoftAnthropicOther | Other |
About this move
- Type
- Promoted
- Role
- Other
- Announced
- Oct 2, 2025
- Effective
- Not stated
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Checked
- Found by the daily agent, approved by hand
Sources: company leadership pages, SEC filings, press releases and news, with Wikipedia and Wikidata for the rest; moves from public announcements and 8-K filings. Roles as reported on the date shown. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.