# Former Anthropic growth team member joins OpenAI, says Austin Chen

> Original title: Anthropic -> OpenAI, second one today.

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-11-05T02:55:37.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ylkq2gv3g7xdxtypz0n9145s0
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2118175375243264142

## Summary

Austin Chen says he recently joined OpenAI after working on Anthropic's growth function. He says he helped build that function and worked on challenging problems there, and he jokes that Anthropic has better coffee and drinks while OpenAI has better snacks.

## Post

Anthropic -> OpenAI, second one today.

## Quoted post @helloitsaustin

> lots of news breaking these days so I may as well sneak mine in if anyone cares and share that I recently joined @OpenAI 🫡
> 
> my time at Anthropic was a fever dream in the best way possible. got to help build the growth function, work alongside some really really talented people, and tackle some of the most challenging problems of my career.
> 
> incredibly grateful for the experience and excited for what’s ahead. also in case you were wondering, Ant has better coffee/drinks and OAI has better snacks.

https://x.com/helloitsaustin/status/2118161804463595931