AI NewsWho Is Andrej Karpathy, the Renowned AI Researcher Who Joined Anthropic?
Who Is Andrej Karpathy, the Renowned AI Researcher Who Joined Anthropic?
2:52 PM IST · May 20, 2026

Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and influential figure in the field, is joining Anthropic. On Tuesday, the OpenAI Co-Founder announced his decision on social media, highlighting that his role will focus on research and development. While he did not share more about the focus area, reports claim that Karpathy will be involved in the pretraining process. It is expected that he will continue his work with Eureka Labs as well. Notably, this is the first job the researcher has taken up after the short stint at OpenAI between 2023 and 2024.
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