Anthropic Expands Labs Team for Experimental Product Development

Anthropic has expanded its Labs division to develop experimental products leveraging Claude's advanced capabilities, with Mike Krieger joining Ben Mann to lead innovation efforts. This strategic move follows successful launches like Claude Code and MCP, positioning Anthropic to explore AI's frontier while scaling reliable products for enterprise and consumer markets.

anthropic Jan 13, 2026

Anthropic's models continue advancing rapidly, with each iteration showcasing significant capability improvements. Creating product experiences around these emerging features demands complementary approaches: exploring the boundaries of Claude's potential, gathering feedback from early adopters on experimental features, and transforming successful experiments into dependable products for customers.

This methodology has yielded impressive results, including Claude Code, which transitioned from research preview to generating $1 billion in revenue within half a year. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), with 100 million monthly downloads, has established itself as the industry benchmark for AI-to-tools connectivity. Additional innovations like Skills, Claude in Chrome, and Cowork (which debuted as a research preview recently) demonstrate Claude's expanding agentic capabilities on desktop platforms.

Anthropic is now expanding its Labs division, a team dedicated to developing experimental products that push Claude's capabilities forward. Mike Krieger, Instagram's co-founder who has served as Anthropic's Chief Product Officer for two years, will collaborate with Ben Mann in Labs. Ami Vora, who recently joined Anthropic in late 2025, will oversee the Product organization, working alongside CTO Rahul Patil to scale Claude experiences for millions of daily users.

Daniela Amodei, Anthropic's President, emphasized that AI's rapid evolution requires fresh approaches to building, organizing, and prioritizing efforts. Labs provides the flexibility to innovate and experiment beyond conventional boundaries. The organizational structure now supports both discovering experimental products at Claude's capability frontier and responsibly scaling them for enterprise clients and the expanding user community.

Anthropic is actively recruiting talented builders experienced in developing beloved products and responsibly advancing emerging technologies. Interested candidates who want to work at AI's cutting edge are encouraged to apply through Anthropic's careers page.