Anthropic is attracting top talent from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, being eight times as likely for an OpenAI engineer to join Anthropic than vice versa.
Anthropic's focus on AI safety and coding, along with its early-stage status offering more equity upside, has aided in attracting talent.
Top leaders, including two of OpenAI's cofounders, have joined Anthropic, with the startup having a strong retention rate compared to OpenAI and DeepMind.
The talent shift is also attributed to Anthropic's AI assistant, Claude, gaining popularity among developers, and the allure of early equity in an earlier-stage company like Anthropic.