Anthropic has acquired the co-founders and most of the team behind Humanloop, a platform which works with large language models (LLMs).
The company continues to grow and advance to keep up with competitors, particularly, as US-based firms look to European AI talent for an advantage.
However, a move like this, plus increased hiring, could see Anthropic take the lead in becoming the biggest AI company.
AI Startup Anthropic Bags Humanloop Team and Co-Founders
AI startup Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, has acquired Humanloop, an enterprise AI company that helps clients evaluate and integrate LLMs.
It was confirmed on Wednesday that CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess would be joining, as well as a number of researchers and engineers.
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Humanloop was founded in 2020 as a University College London spinout, and has gained its reputation working with customers such as Duolingo, Gusto, and Vanta. It works with clients to develop, evaluate, and fine-tune robust AI applications.
Anthropic Continues To Grow Fast
Although an Anthropic spokesperson has said that the company has not acquired Humanloop’s assets or its intellectual property, the move will allow it to advance its work significantly.
“Their proven experience in AI tooling and evaluation will be invaluable as we continue to advance our work in AI safety and building useful AI systems.” Brad Adams, API product lead at Anthropic
Anthropic continues to move through the AI game. CEO Dario Amodei recently made headlines about the future of white-collar jobs in the wake of AI development, suggesting Anthropic’s technology may be advancing quicker than we believe.
The company isn’t just working on its enterprise strategy. Sifted have also reported a growing number of Europe-based roles popping up from Anthropic, which wants to hire more than 100 new recruits in the continent.
Race for AI Talent Heats Up
Anthropic is just the latest company to take to Europe looking for hot AI talent, who can be bought for significantly less than Silicon Valley counterparts. OpenAI announced plans for a Munich office earlier this year, and Google is opening a new 4,000-person office in London.
However, Anthropic’s acquisition of Humanloop, and its boost in hiring, could see it take the lead in the race to become the go-to AI company.
