{"id":639523,"date":"2026-08-06T01:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/mysten-labs-tech-chief-joins-anthropic-to-work-on-ai-security\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:53:39","slug":"mysten-labs-tech-chief-joins-anthropic-to-work-on-ai-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/mysten-labs-tech-chief-joins-anthropic-to-work-on-ai-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysten Labs tech chief joins Anthropic to work on AI security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/bank-building-hall-entrance-door2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mysten Labs tech chief joins Anthropic to work on AI security\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mysten Labs\u2019 co-founder Sam Blackshear said he is joining Anthropic as AI shifts the balance between attackers and defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Blackshear, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Mysten Labs, has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/b1ackd0g\/status\/2085128160384000108?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> he will be stepping down to join Anthropic and work on defensive security research.<\/p>\n<p>Blackshear, along with four former Meta executives, founded Mysten Labs \u2014 the creator of the Sui blockchain \u2014 in September 2021. Blackshear said Mysten Labs co-founder and CEO Evan Cheng will step in to set the \u201ctechnical vision\u201d for Mysten going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I reflect on my career, I have been happiest doing hands-on technical work while exploring new problem domains,\u201d said Blackshear. \u201cThis is an opportunity to do both, and I\u2019m motivated to work on security at a time when the balance of power between attackers and defenders is shifting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/mysten-labs-tech-chief-joins-anthropic-to-work-on-ai-security\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mysten Labs\u2019 co-founder Sam Blackshear said he is joining Anthropic as AI shifts the balance between attackers and defenders. Sam Blackshear, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Mysten Labs, has announced he will be stepping down to join Anthropic and work on defensive security research. Blackshear, along with four former Meta executives, founded Mysten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-639523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}