Rahul Patil has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research company known for developing the Claude AI model. Patil succeeds co-founder Sam McCandlish, who will transition into the role of Chief Architect.
With this appointment, Patil joins the growing list of Indian-origin leaders driving innovation at the world’s leading technology firms. In his new role, he will oversee Anthropic’s engineering function, encompassing inference, products, infrastructure, and security, as the company strengthens its technological capabilities amid intensifying competition with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta.
Patil joins Anthropic from Stripe, where he served as CTO, leading engineering and global operations for over five years. His career spans leadership roles at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure, reflecting a deep expertise in cloud computing and large-scale infrastructure systems.
An alumnus of PES University in Bengaluru, Patil holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a master’s degree in computer science from Arizona State University, and an MBA from the University of Washington.
In a post shared on LinkedIn, Patil expressed his enthusiasm for the new role, stating: “I am excited to join a new mission and calling—Anthropic! AI possibilities seem endless, and it is going to be an extraordinary adventure of discoveries and effort to make these possibilities real. More importantly, it is going to require us to make conscientious decisions every day to safely navigate this massive transformation and ensure that responsible AI wins.”
He also extended his gratitude to his former colleagues at Stripe, adding: “To every single Stripe team member who built Stripe before me and with me—thank you for an incredibly transformative 5+ years! I leave with immense gratitude and a profound belief in Stripe’s mission. It has been an absolute privilege to serve our users and to work alongside such a brilliant team, building foundational infrastructure for the internet economy.”
Anthropic is an American AI public benefit corporation that specializes in AI safety and research, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers
