Anthropic hires Tom Blomfield, a Monzo co-founder and one of the biggest names in UK tech, to join its compute team; he is taking a leave of absence from YC (Robert Scammell/Business Insider)

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Anthropic hired Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield for its compute team, adding high-profile startup talent to a key infrastructure function.

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<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-hires-monzo-cofounder-tom-blomfield-ai-compute-y-combinator-2026-7"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260713/i19.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260713/p19#a260713p19" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Robert Scammell / <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Business Insider</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-hires-monzo-cofounder-tom-blomfield-ai-compute-y-combinator-2026-7">Anthropic hires Tom Blomfield, a Monzo co-founder and one of the biggest names in UK tech, to join its compute team; he is taking a leave of absence from YC</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The AI talent wars aren't letting up &mdash; and neither is Anthropic's big-name hiring spree.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The AI startup has hired Tom Blomfield &hellip; </p>