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The Anthropic Mafia

57 people came through Anthropic and went on to found or lead other companies.

Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded Instagram Reed HastingsBoard Member (co-founder, Netflix)Founded InterPositive Tom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2 Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1 Jeremy JohnsonInvestorFounded 2U +1 Kumudha PuramInvestorFounded RideCommerce +1 Michael ColonneseInvestorFounded WorkAmerica +1 Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars Ventures Ravi MhatreInvestorFounded Snorkel AI Guru ChahalInvestorFounded Avi Networks Dana Malman WarrenEnterprise AdvisorFounded Sendoso Bharat MedirattaClaude's Personal ChefFounded AltSchool Blake ByersInvestorFounded NewLimit Igor KofmanMember of Technical StaffFounded HackPad Alex RodriguesAI Alignment ResearchFounded Embark Trucks Jarred SumnerMember of Technical Staff (Manager)Founded Bun Ben FirshmanMember of Technical StaffFounded Replicate Thariq ShihiparMember of Technical StaffFounded Multiverse Jimmy E. ChanMember of Technical StaffFounded Dropbase Nikhil BhargavaMember of Technical StaffFounded Metamanagement Raza HabibMember of Technical StaffFounded Humanloop Jordan BurgessMember of Technical StaffFounded Humanloop Peter HayesMember of Technical StaffFounded Humanloop Faouzi EL YAGOUBIML Infrastructure Engineering Manager, SafeguardsFounded Finnt Matt LeeMember of Technical StaffFounded Talc Effy ZhangMember of Technical StaffFounded Baserun Stephanie VasquezMember of Technical StaffFounded Line.Build Grant MargerumGTMFounded crmCopilot Dominic TullyGTMFounded Powder William HuMember of Technical StaffFounded RiskAngle John RobisonStartupsFounded Bits to Atoms Kunaal SikkaMember of Technical StaffFounded SubImage Akul GuptaModel Safety ResearcherFounded MindFort Lihong WangInvestorFounded Freeport Markets Ian FongClaude Campus AmbassadorFounded Chert Nick CarmontMember of Technical StaffFounded Connect Earth Neha NarkhedeBoard MemberFounded Confluent Daniel LeeInvestorFounded Aura Boris LokschinInvestorFounded Spryker Azalia MirhoseiniMember of Technical Staff (T8)Founded Ricursive Intelligence Behnam NeyshaburMember of Technical StaffFounded Mirendil Harsh MehtaMember of Technical StaffFounded Mirendil Luca WeihsMember of Technical StaffFounded VERCEPT Alex RattrayMember of Technical StaffFounded Stainless Ashank ShahCampus LeadFounded Mentlio Kevin KelleyMember of Technical StaffFounded SolidStage Jon LiMember of Technical StaffFounded Butter Systems Andrew GibianskyMember of Technical Staff, SpeechFounded Voicery Parinaz FiroziPartnershipsFounded Zaam Yatharth AgarwalAI Safety Research FellowFounded Softmax Charlotte BelletMember of Technical StaffFounded aHRtemis Kiana EhsaniMember of Technical StaffFounded VERCEPT Alexa MeyerMarketing LeadFounded Coa Amir ElichaiInvestorFounded Carbyne Durk KingmaML ResearchFounded OpenAI Steve WeisMember of Technical StaffFounded Privatecore Hiromu YakuraResearch RellowFounded BlancAI, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Anthropic mafia?: The Anthropic mafia is the network of 57 people who came through Anthropic and went on to found or lead other companies, including Instagram, InterPositive, Starling Bank, SendGrid, 2U.
Who is in the Anthropic mafia?: Notable members include Mike Krieger (Instagram), Reed Hastings (InterPositive), Tom Blomfield (Starling Bank), Sameer Dholakia (SendGrid), Jeremy Johnson (2U), Kumudha Puram (RideCommerce), Michael Colonnese (WorkAmerica), Houman Haghighi (Techstars Ventures), among 57 tracked members.
What companies did Anthropic alumni found?: Companies founded by Anthropic alumni include Instagram, InterPositive, Starling Bank, SendGrid, 2U, RideCommerce, WorkAmerica, Techstars Ventures, Snorkel AI, Avi Networks.