Andrej Karpathy says he remains at Anthropic, denying departure rumors
Karpathy said on X that he remains at the AI lab, rebutting an unsupported resignation claim prompted by his profile bio.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
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Why it matters
Karpathy’s visibility makes any change to his affiliation a proxy for leadership shifts at Anthropic, a lab that influences the competitive dynamics of the large‑language‑model market.
Andrej Karpathy said on X that he remains at Anthropic and that rumors of his departure are false, rebutting speculation that began circulating on July 25th, 2026.
The speculation centered on a 34-tweet thread by am.will (@LLMJunky), which opened by asking whether Karpathy had removed "Anthropic" from his bio or whether the affiliation had never appeared there. A screenshot showed his profile without the affiliation, but it lacked a timestamp establishing that a change had occurred.…
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