Anthropic talent hiring: AI startup Anthropic hires HumanLoop cofounders and senior team

AI startup Anthropic has hired three cofounders and several senior staff from London-based AI startup HumanLoop, according to news site Sifted.

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The new hires include HumanLoop CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, CPO Jordan Burgess, along with most of the engineering and research team.


In July, HumanLoop informed customers that it would be shutting down its platform after entering a process to be acquired.

However, Anthropic has only hired employees from HumanLoop and has not acquired the company or its intellectual property.

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HumanLoop, founded in 2020 at University College London, developed an enterprise AI platform that helped customers evaluate and integrate large language models at scale. It has received support from major venture capital firms such as Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and Albion.

Brad Abrams, Anthropic’s API product lead, told Sifted: “We’re thrilled to welcome the Humanloop founders and team members to Anthropic. Their proven experience in AI tooling and evaluation will be invaluable as we continue to advance our work in AI safety and building useful AI systems.”

Habib added, “From our earliest days, we've been focused on creating tools that help developers build AI applications safely and effectively. Anthropic’s commitment to AI safety research and responsible AI development perfectly aligns with our vision.”

As competition for AI talent intensifies, US tech companies are increasingly turning to Europe for skilled professionals, often acquiring startups just to gain access to their teams or hire entire teams without buying the companies. For example, Microsoft hired the cofounders of London-based video generation platform Haiper in March, and Salesforce acquired the London AI startup Convergence in May.

In addition, a shake-up in top AI talent is underway, with employees moving between major tech companies such as Meta, Microsoft and Google. These companies are competing to attract the best minds, even offering substantial compensation packages to retain them. All of this is aimed at achieving milestones such as artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superintelligence.