Addy Osmani
Works on Claude Code at Anthropic; led Chrome developer experience at Google for years.
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- Addy Osmani is an engineering leader and writer on web performance and AI coding tools.
- He spent more than 14 years at Google, leading developer experience across Chrome and later Gemini.
- He then ran Cloud AI Developer Experience as a director at Google Cloud AI.
- As of 2026 he works on Claude Code at Anthropic.
Key facts
- Now
- Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, working on Claude Code (as of 2026)1
- More than 14 years: developer experience across Chrome, then Gemini, then director of Cloud AI Developer Experience1
- Early work
- Won the Esat BT Young Scientist of the Year in January 2003 with XWebs, a web browser he wrote at 161
Roles
Part of
- AnthropicOrganization
Member of Technical Staff working on Claude Code (as of 2026); earlier more than 14 years at Google source on Anthropic
Before
Part of until 2026
Google (more than 14 years until 2026: developer experience across Chrome, then Gemini, then director of Cloud AI Developer Experience) source on Google
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