Mike Krieger, the co-founder of Instagram and a former chief technology officer, has been announced by Anthropic, a generative AI startup, as its first chief product officer.
Anthropic said in a news release seen by Newsng on Thursday that Krieger will take charge of the company’s efforts in product design, product engineering, and product management in his new position.
Anthropic had earlier launched its first iOS app, which is available for free on all plans. It claims to have the capability to upload files and photographs from a smartphone and synchronise with web chats.
According to a release, Krieger, the former chief technical officer of Meta-owned Instagram, expanded the platform’s user base to 1 billion and boosted the number of engineers to over 450.
“Mike’s background in developing intuitive products and user experiences will be invaluable as we create new ways for people to interact with Claude, particularly in the workplace,” Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said in the release.
This news follows Anthropic’s statement two days ago that it had launched its AI assistant across Europe, providing the web-based Claude.ai edition, the Claude iOS app, and the business-focused, subscription-based Claude Team plan all over the continent.
“Mike will oversee Anthropic’s product engineering, product management, and product design efforts as we work to expand our suite of enterprise applications and bring Claude to a wider audience,” Anthropic said in the release.
Confirming the new position Krieger said: “I’m thrilled to join the exceptional team at Anthropic and partner with them to design and scale transformative products like Claude.
“The potential for AI to positively impact the world is immense, and I believe Anthropic has the talent, principles and technology to help realize that potential.”
We earlier reported that Meta revealed Instagram is bringing new features to Stories to allow users more imaginative ways to share content and interact with one another.
