Anthropic loses product lead Catherine Wu behind Claude Code to OpenAI Matthias Bastian View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Nov 5, 2026 OpenAI poaches a Claude Code co-developer from Anthropic. Catherine Wu, who led product for Claude Code at Anthropic, is joining OpenAI to run product management for "Core Products," a hire that underscores the fierce competition between the two companies, which plays out not just at the model level but across pr