Sui CTO Sam Blackshear to Join Anthropic, Focusing on Defensive Security Research

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Release Time: 08/06/2026 00:53:34

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Sui CTO Sam Blackshear is leaving Mysten Labs to join Anthropic, where he will focus on defensive security research. The move follows recent on-chain developments highlighting security breach risks in the crypto space. Blackshear, the creator of the Move language, will continue to be involved with the Move Foundation. Evan Cheng, CEO of Mysten Labs, will now lead technical efforts for the Sui ecosystem.

BlockBeats news: On August 6, Sam Blackshear, creator of the Move programming language and CTO of Sui Network, announced his upcoming departure from the Sui development team, Mysten Labs, to join Anthropic, where he will focus on defensive security research.

The Move Foundation is currently in preparation, and Sam Blackshear expressed his enthusiasm for continuing to participate in various possible ways.

Mysten Labs CEO Evan Cheng will take over leadership of the technological vision for Mysten and the Sui ecosystem.

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