Rahul Patil, ex-Stripe, now leads tech at AI startup Anthropic
Anthropic, the company behind Claude AI, just brought in Rahul Patil as its new Chief Technical Officer.
He steps into the role after leading tech at Stripe and takes over from co-founder Sam McCandlish, who's now Chief Architect.
Both will report to Anthropic's president, Daniela Amodei.
Amidst growing AI competition, Patil's leadership is key for Anthropic
With AI competition heating up—think OpenAI and Meta—Anthropic is betting on Patil to boost their engineering game.
The leadership shuffle is all about speeding up innovation and making sure teams work better together, especially after launching Claude Sonnet 4.5.
Patil's journey from India to top AI role
Patil brings experience from big names like Stripe and Oracle.
He studied computer science in Karnataka (not an IIT grad!) before earning a master's degree in Computer Science and an MBA in the US.
His journey to a top AI job has caught a lot of eyes back home.
McCandlish shifts to Chief Architect role
Patil takes over from Sam McCandlish, one of Anthropic's founders.
McCandlish is staying on as Chief Architect to focus on shaping Anthropic's future tech direction alongside the new CTO.