Anthropic announced on October 8, 2025, that Rahul Patil is stepping in as their Chief Technology Officer. With over 20 years under his belt, Patil comes from being CTO at Stripe, where he led tech for handling over a trillion dollars in payments for millions of businesses each year. Before that, he had big roles at AWS, Microsoft, and Oracle Cloud, focusing on building super reliable systems that scale up big time. At Anthropic, he’ll handle engineering across products, compute, infrastructure, and more, as they grow their AI like Claude for businesses everywhere. Co-founder Daniela Amodei said his skills in trusty tech will help make Claude the go-to AI for companies.
What He’ll Do and Why It Matters
Patil will lead teams on everything from data science to security, making sure Claude handles the boom in enterprise use. His track record at Stripe and cloud giants means he’s great at mission-critical stuff, which fits Anthropic’s goal of safe, scalable AI.
📍 Who and When?
This starts right away for Anthropic’s global team. It’s a big hire as AI demand spikes, especially for secure enterprise tools.
🚨 A Boost for AI Trust
Hiring Patil shows Anthropic’s push to beef up leadership amid fast AI growth. It’s about making AI reliable for real-world business—one system at a time.
