# Meta AI recruit Andrew Tulloch reportedly leaving for Anthropic after under a year

_Published Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Andrew Tulloch is leaving Meta less than a year after joining, with Semafor first reporting the departure and The Wall Street Journal later reporting he is joining Anthropic, according to people familiar with the matter cited by those outlets.

Neither company has confirmed the move and TNW said it had not independently verified it. Tulloch worked in Meta's TBD Lab on superintelligence and, per Semafor, waited to leave until Meta shipped its Muse personal AI agent. His reported Meta pay package had made him a symbol of the AI talent war, though Meta disputed the figures.

## Sources

- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/andrew-tulloch-leaving-meta-anthropic-tbd-lab)

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Published: 2026-09-11T03:53:32.683Z
Story chronology: 2026-09-10T17:42:22.000Z
Retrieved: 2026-10-26T23:14:31.803Z
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