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Instagram co-founder joins Anthropic as chief product officer in fight against OpenAI


Mike Krieger most recently co-founded Artifact, an AI-powered news app, alongside Systrom, but they sold it to Yahoo in April.

Mike Krieger, one of the original co-founders of photo sharing social network Instagram alongside Kevin Systrom, has announced he’s joining AI startup Anthropic, creator of the powerful Claude 3 family of large language models (LLMs). “As a two time entrepreneur, I’m particularly excited by how Claude, along with the right scaffolding and product features, can empower more people to innovate at a faster pace and at a lower cost,” wrote Krieger in a LinkedIn post announcing the move. Join us as we return to NYC on June 5th to engage with top executive leaders, delving into strategies for auditing AI models to ensure fairness, optimal performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations.

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