Unconfirmed: A Techmeme post on X on 4 November 2026 said Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic, citing Business Insider and @stephencouncil; Anthropic has not confirmed the report in the material reviewed.
@Techmeme wrote on 4 November1 that "Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month (@stephencouncil / Business Insider)." The post also directed readers to Techmeme's website for a link to the underlying Business Insider report, which was not available in the evidence reviewed for this piece; the specific claims made there cannot be characterised further.
The two departures are described differently in the post: Wu is named as a product lead and her exit is reported as current news, while Shihipar is described only as someone who worked on Claude Code, with his departure said to have been announced the previous month.
What would confirm or refute the claim: a statement from Anthropic, a comment from either individual named, or access to the original Business Insider report. No Anthropic statement appears in the evidence reviewed, and neither individual's response is available.
This piece has no earlier Automatica coverage of either departure to draw on. The claim has no independent corroboration in the available evidence.