Thariq Shihipar builds Claude Code at Anthropic. Previously, he founded a YC-backed gaming company, sold a SaaS startup, co-founded an academic-publishing nonprofit, and studied at the MIT Media Lab.
Thariq Shihipar builds Claude Code at Anthropic. Previously, he founded a YC-backed gaming company, sold a SaaS startup, co-founded an academic-publishing nonprofit, and studied at the MIT Media Lab.
Career
Thariq Shihipar studied at MIT Media Lab (Graduate study; Viral Spaces group).
Member of Technical Staff, Claude Code at Anthropic from 2025-06 to PresentOMFounder & CEO at One More Multiverse from 2019-08 to 2025-10
AI Research Fellowship at Goodfire from 2024-12 to 2025-03SPMember at South Park Commons from 2024-07 to 2025-02
EFounder at edgeout.gg from 2018-04 to 2019-06
RIEarly Stage Product Developer at Rocket Insights from 2017-10 to 2019-04
Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab from 2016-09 to 2017-09
Software Engineer at HubSpot from 2013-06 to 2014-07CCo-founder, Full-stack Engineer at Chime from 2012-05 to 2013-06