Sui CTO Sam Blackshear Leaves to Join Anthropic Focusing on Defensive Security
Sam Blackshear, the father of the Move programming language and CTO of Sui Network, announced he will soon leave the Sui development team at Mysten Labs to join Anthropic, focusing on defensive security research.
The Move Foundation is currently being prepared, and he looks forward to continuing to participate in various ways; Mysten Labs CEO Evan Cheng will take over the leadership of the technical vision for Mysten and the Sui ecosystem.
This event marks a flow of core talent from blockchain to AI security, accelerating the transition of Sui's technical leadership and benefiting funding and talent for defensive security research.
Source: Public Information
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Sam Blackshear previously developed the Move language at Meta, then co-founded Mysten Labs and led the Sui technical architecture; his shift to Anthropic for defensive security comes at a time of rising demand for AI and blockchain security.
On the capital path, the transition from public chain CTO to AI lab security research is motivated by exploring new problem domains under changing balances of offensive and defensive forces; resources are shifting from Sui ecosystem development to defensive research while retaining advisory roles and participation in the foundation.
Similar cases can be seen where other blockchain founders have transitioned to AI or security fields; currently, Sui is in a phase of core technical leadership transition and ecosystem maturation.
This essentially represents a technological shift: experts in blockchain languages and architectures are moving to the AI security field, driven by the rising demand for defensive research attracting top talent across fields.
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The departure of core founders often accelerates organizational transitions.
Security research is becoming a new high ground for cross-domain talent.
Advisory roles can extend technical influence without binding to daily operations.