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# Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month \(Stephen Council/Business Insider\)

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**Published:** 2026-11-04T00:40:00.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** anthropic, agent, devtools, openai, llm

## Summary

Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic, and Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261103/p43>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/cat-wu-joins-openai-to-lead-product-management-for-core-products-ed80ff07>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/cat-wu-joins-openai-to-lead-product-management-for-core-products-ed80ff07>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p60>)