Before joining Anthropic, Krieger co-founded Artifact, a news recommendation tool later acquired by Yahoo. He is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram, the world’s largest photo-sharing app, which he scaled to over 800 million monthly users—making it one of the fastest-growing apps of all time.
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Instagram Co-founder Mike Krieger to Lead Anthropic's AI Incubator

  • Mike Krieger, Instagram co-founder, will now co-lead Anthropic's internal AI incubator, Labs.
  • Krieger is stepping down as Chief Product Officer at Anthropic to take on this new role.
  • He will report to Anthropic President Daniela Amodei and co-lead Labs with Ben Mann.
  • Amid Vora will assume Krieger's previous responsibilities, working with CTO Rahul Patil to scale the Claude AI model.
  • Labs, launched mid-2024, plans to double its team headcount within the next six months.

Why It Matters: Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger is transitioning to lead Anthropic's AI incubator, Labs, focusing on experimental AI products.

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