Boris Cherny
Boris Cherny | |
|---|---|
| Born | Odessa, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | UC San Diego |
| Employer | Anthropic |
| Known for | Creating Claude Code and Claude Cowork |
| Website | https://borischerny.com/ |
Boris Cherny is a Ukrainian programmer.[1] He is known as the creator and the current head of Claude Code.
Personal life
Cherny was born in Ukraine and his family moved to America in 1995.[1] Cherny studied economics at UC San Diego. He then took on a job at Meta, where he worked from 2017 to 2024 on the Instagram team. By his final years at Meta, Cherny held responsibility for code quality across the entire company.[2] In 2024, Cherny was hired to work at Anthropic.[3]
Before working for Anthropic, Cherny was living in rural Japan.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Claude Code creator Borys Chernyi said he was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States in 1995". dev.ua. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Chiang, Ernest (2026-02-24). "The Man Who Built Claude Code Was Changed By It | Ernest Chiang". www.ernestchiang.com. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Boris Cherny - Anthropic | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2026-06-12. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ Bloomberg Originals (2026-06-10). Inside Anthropic, the $965 Billion AI Juggernaut | The Circuit. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via YouTube.