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Sam McCandlish

Anthropic co-founder and chief architect working on large-scale model training, research productivity, and reinforcement learning infrastructure.

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Last reviewedMar 12, 2026
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Reinforcement LearningLarge-Scale Training

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Anthropic Chief Architect 2025-10-07

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openreview OpenReview profile google_scholar Google Scholar profile

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core OpenAI

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Large Language Models Language Models are Few-Shot Learners

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Sam McCandlish Official source · openreview · OpenReview

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Rahul Patil joins Anthropic as Chief Technology Officer Supporting source · news · Anthropic

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