Charles Yang joins Anthropic to lead research on economic and governance impacts of frontier AI models amid rapid hiring ahead of IPO.
Anthropic appointed Charles Yang as chief of staff for its institute, tasked with studying AI’s economic, societal, and governance effects. Yang, who previously advised the U.S. Department of Energy on AI policy, started last month and will collaborate with research teams on data from Anthropic’s frontier models.
The move follows a series of high-profile hires, including former OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy and legal AI head Robert Maharias. Anthropic has accelerated recruitment as it prepares for an IPO, expanding teams focused on pre-training and industry-specific applications.
Yang’s background includes roles at Renaissance Philanthropy and SambaNova Systems, where he worked on machine learning engineering. His appointment underscores Anthropic’s push to address regulatory and societal concerns as AI adoption grows.