Anthropic hires Chrome veteran Addy Osmani to improve Claude Code
The former Chrome developer-experience leader joins Anthropic after Anthropic said Claude Code passed $2.5B in run-rate revenue by May.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Coding agents are becoming daily work environments rather than occasional assistants. Osmani gives Anthropic an experienced operator for the usability, feedback and trust problems that determine whether developers keep Claude Code in production workflows.
Addy Osmani (@addyosmani), a veteran Google developer-tools leader, has joined Anthropic to work on Claude Code.
Osmani said on X that he had joined Anthropic to work on Claude Code and improve it for developers. Osmani has not disclosed a formal title or a specific part of Claude Code that he will own.…