Anthropic's first growth marketer Austin Lau joins OpenAI
Original headline앤트로픽 첫 성장 마케터 오스틴 라우, 오픈AI 합류
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Austin Lau, Anthropic's first growth marketing hire, has left the company to join OpenAI, he confirmed, without disclosing his new role. Lau joined Anthropic in 2024 as its fifth marketing employee and ran growth marketing largely solo for nearly 10 months before the function was formalized. He built tools using Anthropic's Claude model to automate ad management and budget reviews, and thanked former colleagues on his departure. The move marks a notable talent shift between the two leading AI labs and comes as both compete for enterprise and consumer users. What to watch next: which specific OpenAI role Lau takes and how Anthropic rebuilds its growth marketing bench.
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