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July 13, 2026

Anthropic recruits Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield for AI compute team

Challenger bank founder to take leave of absence from Y Combinator to join AI giant

Martin Coulter

2 min read

Anthropic has recruited Monzo cofounder and ex-CEO Tom Blomfield to join its AI compute team. 

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Martin Coulter

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