# Rahul Patil

Leadership · CTO at Anthropic · joined 2025

Was Stripe's CTO before joining in 2025. He now runs engineering across inference, product, infrastructure and security.

Full profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people/rahul-patil

**At Anthropic:**
- Sep 2025 – present: CTO
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-patil-a0944836)

**Career before Anthropic:**
- Aug 2024 – Sep 2025: Stripe, CTO
- Jan 2024 – Aug 2024: Stripe, Deputy CTO
- Jan 2023 – Jan 2024: Stripe, Head of Infrastructure and Global Operations
- Mar 2020 – Jan 2023: Stripe, Head of Infrastructure
- Jul 2015 – Mar 2020: Oracle, Senior Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Jan 2014 – Jul 2015: Amazon Web Services, Manager, Amazon Kinesis Firehose
- May 2004 – Dec 2013: Microsoft, Engineering and Management Roles
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-patil-a0944836)

**Education:**
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Washington, 2011-2013
- M.S, Computer Science, Arizona State University, 2003-2004
- B.E, Computer Science, PESIT, 1998-2002
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-patil-a0944836)

**Lesser-known facts:**
- Named one of TIME's Executives of the Year in tech and data, 2026. [1](https://time.com/collection/executives-of-the-year-tech-data/2026/rahul-patil/)
- Studied computer science at PES in Bengaluru, then moved abroad in 2003 for an MS at Arizona State University. [1](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/namma-bluru-huduga-rahul-patil-named-ai-firm-anthropics-cto/articleshow/124296828.cms) [2](https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/meet-rahul-patil-the-new-cto-of-ai-firm-anthropic/articleshow/124291300.cms)
- Spent nearly nine years in engineering and management roles at Microsoft, then became a manager on Amazon Kinesis in 2014. [1](https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/meet-rahul-patil-the-new-cto-of-ai-firm-anthropic/articleshow/124291300.cms)
- Oversaw more than 30 products across compute, storage, security and monitoring at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. [1](https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/meet-rahul-patil-the-new-cto-of-ai-firm-anthropic/articleshow/124291300.cms)
- Started the My Little Bit foundation with one computer lab teaching girls Excel; it now funds STEM scholarships and job skills. [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6lDVhSk3Q8)
- Said in 2026: "We are happy to walk away from revenue if it means that we'll do the right thing and the safe thing." [1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FTkrlAWXpk)
- Joined Gusto's board of directors in December 2025. [1](https://gusto.com/company-news/rahul-patil)

**Interviews and talks:**
- [Interview on why Anthropic will walk away from revenue for safety (2026)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FTkrlAWXpk)
- [Talk on Claude's growth in India and support for Indic languages (2026)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6lDVhSk3Q8)

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Everyone at Anthropic: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people