Less than a year into his tenure at the company, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is leaving Anthropic. The startup confirmed Schulman’s departure after The Information, Reuters and other publications reported on the exit.

OpenAI co-founder and prominent AI researcher John Schulman has left Anthropic after five months working at the OpenAI rival.

John Schulman, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded OpenAI, has left rival firm Anthropic, a job he held since the summer.

It remains unclear why Schulman chose to leave Anthropic so soon after joining, as well as what his role will be at Murati's company.

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman, who left Anthropic recently, is reportedly joining former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's secretive new AI startup.