personnel
Chris Olah — Co-founder, Interpretability Research Lead at Anthropic
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | jM-FtV2hjq |
| Source URL | colah.github.io/about.html |
| Children | — |
| Created | Apr 10, 2026, 9:20 PM |
| Updated | Apr 10, 2026, 9:20 PM |
| Synced | Apr 10, 2026, 9:20 PM |
Record Data
id | jM-FtV2hjq |
personId | Chris Olah(person) |
organizationId | Anthropic(organization) |
personEntityId | Chris Olah(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | Anthropic(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Co-founder, Interpretability Research Lead |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2021-01 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | Yes |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | colah.github.io/about.html |
notes | Co-founded Anthropic; leads interpretability research |
Source Check Verdicts
partial85% confidence
Last checked: 4/13/2026
The source confirms Chris Olah is a co-founder of Anthropic and that he works on reverse engineering neural networks (interpretability work). However, the source does not explicitly mention the title 'Interpretability Research Lead' or provide a start date of 2021-01. The record's claims about his role and organization are accurate based on the source, but the specific job title and start date cannot be verified from this excerpt. This is a partial confirmation—the core facts are correct, but some structured details lack explicit source support.
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