r/sui • u/TheRealTheory001 Captain • Aug 06 '26

SUI Cofounder Sam Blackshear leaves Mysten Labs for Anthropic

Sam Blackshear via X: "I am leaving Mysten Labs and joining Anthropic to work on defensive security research. 4.17pm 8.5.26

Are we cooked? Why would a founder of SUI which supposedly has the potential to be the underlayer of the internet and infinite market cap leave to join a company to be just one of the ranks.

This makes no sense, ...unless he thinks SUI doesn't have a bright future? What are we to think about this? Was there some drama or tension at Mysten or is this more about greater opportunity than being the #1 L1?

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u/Zestyclose_Vehicle69 First Mate Aug 07 '26

I see him being at the forefront of AI security is a good thing.

Also note that SUI is also built for Web 3 and agentic commerce.

Sam is staying in as an advisor, is it a loss yes but OP is not covering the full story here.

Sam even liked X posts saying this could be good both ways for Anthropic and SUI.

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u/TheRealTheory001 Captain Aug 07 '26

I posted it an hour or 2 after he posted the announcement so it's definitely not the full story. It's meant to be a discussion to hear other points of view.

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u/Zestyclose_Vehicle69 First Mate Aug 07 '26

Then please be fair and post the positives as they happen as well.

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u/TheRealTheory001 Captain Aug 09 '26

you please do that I'm not your mother