Artificial intelligence
10 Anthropic data scientists
These ten current Anthropic data scientists hold data science and analytics roles at the company. A reader can learn what data science work at Anthropic involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brandon Kurkela
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist · Anthropic
Data Scientist at Anthropic since January 2025, in the research department. Previous roles include Senior Manager, Data Science at Instacart (2024–2025), Data Science Manager at Instacart (2020–2024) and Senior Data Scientist at Instacart (2019–2020).
Chinmay Maheshwari
LinkedInExperience: Data Science · Anthropic
Works in Data Science at Anthropic since May 2026, in the research department. Previous roles include Data Scientist Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI (2025–2026), Data Scientist at Figma (2023–2025) and Data Scientist at Reddit, Inc. (2021–2023).
Collin W.
LinkedInExperience: Data Science · Anthropic
Works in Data Science at Anthropic since October 2025, based in New York, in the research department. Previous roles include Staff Data Scientist at Figma (2020–2025), Lead Data Scientist at Cowen Inc. (2020) and Data Scientist at Oscar Health (2017–2020).
Emma Kennedy
LinkedInExperience: Data Science and Analytics · Anthropic
Works in Data Science and Analytics at Anthropic since October 2023, in the research department. Previous roles include Data Science Manager at Instagram (2022–2023) and Data Science, Analytics Manager at Quizlet (2021–2022). The profile also lists Lead Product Analyst at Quizlet (2019–2021) and Senior Product Analyst at Quizlet (2017–2019).
Fernando Velloso
LinkedInExperience: Data Science & Analytics · Anthropic
Works in Data Science & Analytics at Anthropic since March 2026, in the research department. Previous roles include Staff Data Scientist, Product at Airbnb (2024–2026), Senior Data Scientist at Airbnb (2021–2025) and Data Scientist, Analytics at Airbnb (2018–2021).
Matthias Rivollier
LinkedInExperience: Safeguards Data Scientist · Anthropic
Safeguards Data Scientist at Anthropic since March 2026, with the profile describing the work as creating AI safeguards. Previous roles include Staff Data Scientist - Experimentation Tech Lead at Stripe (2025–2026) and Senior Data Scientist at Stripe (2022–2025).
Roy Yang
LinkedInExperience: Data Science · Anthropic
Works in Data Science at Anthropic since June 2026, with the profile naming finance and analytics. Previous roles include Data Science Manager at Stripe (2023–2026), Staff Data Scientist at Stripe (2022–2023) and Senior Data Scientist at Stripe (2020–2022).
Saptarshi C.
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist · Anthropic
Data Scientist at Anthropic since September 2025; the profile also lists Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic since July 2026. Previous roles include Principal Data and Applied Scientist Manager at Microsoft (2022–2025) and Sr. Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft (2018–2021).
Tony (Yi) Zeng
LinkedInExperience: Data Science · Anthropic
Works in Data Science at Anthropic since June 2024, in the research department. Previous roles include Data Science / Machine Learning Engineering at Benchling (2020–2023) and Data Science - Algorithms at Lyft (2017–2020). The profile also lists Data Science at Facebook (2016).
Xabi Azagirre
LinkedInExperience: Data science · Anthropic
Works in Data science at Anthropic since June 2025, in the research department. Previous roles include Data Science Manager: Rider Products; Loyalty and Memberships; Partnerships at Lyft (2023–2025) and Staff Data Scientist: Marketplace Labs at Lyft (2019–2022).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you measure the quality and adoption of an AI product with data science methods?
- 02What does experimentation look like when the product is a language model?
- 03How is data science work at an AI lab different from data science at a consumer tech company?
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