Anthropic shakes up its senior management team to expand its internal incubator

Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder who joined Anthropic two years ago as chief product officer, is moving to a new focus at the AI ​​startup: co-leading the company’s internal incubator, dubbed the “Labs” team.

The Anthropic Labs team started in mid-2024 with just two members; Now the company has decided to expand it, focusing on building “experimental products.” Krieger’s new title will be merely a member of the technical staff reporting to Anthropic President Daniela Amodei, and he will co-lead the laboratory team with Ben Mann, who was the company’s product engineering leader. The company said that Ami Vora, the company’s current “chief product officer,” will take over from Krieger and will work closely with the company’s chief technology officer, Rahul Patel, to expand the product range.

The company hopes to double the number of laboratory team members in the next six months.

In a statement to Edge“We have reached a watershed moment in AI – where modeling capabilities are advancing so rapidly that there is now a window to shape how they are used,” said Krieger. “That’s why I’m back in build mode, transitioning from my role as CPO and joining our labs team: I want to be hands-on on the frontier, building products that move AI toward solving the world’s toughest problems. I’m excited to hand the baton over to Amy as she leads the team in expanding Claude.”

The C-suite shakeup at Anthropic comes at a time when competition between AI startups and tech giants has never been fiercer. Tech giants like Apple and Google are trying to do just that Support defenses Against high-flying startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, while companies of all sizes try to differentiate themselves by Rebranding their old goal of “artificial general intelligence” (AGI). They are also trying to set themselves apart in the game of AI agents by constantly outdoing each other New features Designed to corner the market on consumers. Because fundraising for AI companies is skyrocketing — that is, so is Anthropy It is said It plans to raise $10 billion from a $350 billion valuation – investors are looking forward to seeing their promises fulfilled.

Anthropic President Daniela Amodei said in a statement to: Edge “The speed of progress in AI requires a different approach to how we build, how we organize, and where we focus. Labs give us the space to break the mold and explore.”