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Lucas Liu moves from Thinking Machines to Anthropic; Bryce Lelbach leaves Nvidia for Modal

According to a post on X by @ArfurGrok, Lucas Liu (@LiyuanLucas) left Thinking Machines and has joined Anthropic. The same post says Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, a longtime Nvidia C++ and CUDA figure, confirmed he has left Nvidia and joined Modal, a GPU cloud startup. The post does not give further details on roles or dates.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-10-30T13:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-10-30T17:38:34+00:00
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According to a post on X by @ArfurGrok, Lucas Liu (@LiyuanLucas) left Thinking Machines and has joined Anthropic. The same post says Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, a longtime Nvidia C++ and CUDA figure, confirmed he has left Nvidia and joined Modal, a GPU cloud startup. The post does not give further details on roles or dates.

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The tracking account @ArfurGrok reported overnight that Lucas Liu (@LiyuanLucas) left Thinking Machines, and this morning that he has joined Anthropic. Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, a longtime Nvidia C++ and CUDA figure, confirmed he has left Nvidia and joined the GPU cloud startup Modal. Also:...

These moves connect a frontier AI lab, a GPU cloud provider and Nvidia's CUDA software side, all of which shape AI infrastructure work. Lelbach's exit from Nvidia's C++ and CUDA work could matter to developers and teams that depend on that software stack. Watch for official statements from Anthropic, Modal, Nvidia and Thinking Machines, since this signal comes from a tracking account.

Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.

Signal Strength 90% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 42 Category ROBOTS & HARDWARE Reader Depth TECHNICAL

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Public Interest components
Recognizable Entity Score 73 Practical Impact Score 0 Novelty Interest Score 70 Consequence Score 30 Curiosity Score 0 Shareability Score 57

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