Sam Blackshear, a co-founder of Mysten Labs, is leaving the blockchain company to join Anthropic. He will work on AI security at the firm, which focuses on building safe artificial intelligence systems.
From Blockchain to AI Safety
Blackshear helped start Mysten Labs, the company behind the Sui blockchain. His move to Anthropic marks a shift from decentralized systems to the security of large language models and other AI technologies. The exact role he will take at Anthropic has not been detailed, but the company confirmed he will focus on AI security.
What Blackshear Brings
At Mysten Labs, Blackshear worked on the Move programming language and the Sui network's architecture. That experience in building secure, high-performance systems could translate to AI security challenges. Anthropic has been hiring researchers with backgrounds in cryptography and formal verification, areas where Blackshear has expertise.
Anthropic has not said when Blackshear will start. The company continues to expand its security team as concerns grow over the safety of advanced AI models.
