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title: "Cat Wu"
type: entity
entity_type: person
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/people/cat-wu
updated: 2026-11-05T01:20:01.000Z
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# Cat Wu

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/people/cat-wu

- **Type:** Person
- **Signals:** 3
- **First seen:** Aug 8, 2026
- **Last seen:** Nov 4, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she is joining OpenAI to lead product manangement for core products; Wu was the product lead for Claude Code (Stephen Council/Business Insider)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/cat-wu-who-left-anthropic-last-week-says-she-is-joining-openai-to-lead-bd5e98e4) (Nov 4, 2026)
- [Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month (Stephen Council/Business Insider)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/cat-wu-product-lead-for-claude-code-and-cowork-has-left-anthropic-db7e4427) (Nov 3, 2026)
- [Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/anthropic-says-auto-mode-will-be-the-default-in-claude-code-for-pro-a0310860) (Aug 8, 2026)

## Related

- [Anthropic](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/anthropic) (Company)
- [Claude Code](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/claude-code) (Model)
- [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai) (Company)

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