Anthropic shakes up C-suite to expand its internal incubator

January 13, 2026 Hayden Field

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Mike Krieger, the Instagram cofounder who joined Anthropic two years ago as its chief product officer, is moving to a new focus at the AI startup: co-leading its internal incubator, dubbed the "Labs" team.

The Anthropic Labs team started in mid-2024 with just two members; now, the company has decided to expand it, with a focus on building "experimental products." Krieger's new title will be simply a member of technical staff reporting to Anthropic president Daniela Amodei, and he'll co-lead the Labs team with Ben Mann, who has been the company's product engineering lead. Ami Vora, the company's current "head of product," will take over Kri …

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