# Ami Vora Ami Vora is a product leader who became Chief Product Officer / Head of Product at [[Anthropic]] in late 2025, succeeding [[Mike Krieger]] (who moved to co-lead Anthropic Labs). She also sits on the board of directors of Datadog. Before Anthropic, she spent 15+ years at Microsoft and Meta/Facebook — including VP of Product & Design for WhatsApp, VP of Product for Facebook ads, and a director role at Instagram — then served as Chief Product Officer at the wholesale marketplace Faire from December 2022. She holds a BA in Computer Science from Harvard. ## Known For - Leading product at [[Anthropic]] as CPO / Head of Product (from late 2025) - 15+ years building consumer and ads products at Meta/Facebook, including VP of Product & Design for WhatsApp - The mantra "shipping fast beats the best strategy" — a bias toward velocity over upfront planning - Championing product simplicity, and authenticity and curiosity as leadership traits - Running fbFund, Facebook's early-stage startup accelerator - Writing "The Hard Parts of Growth" on Substack — practical essays on product and growth ## Career Timeline | Period | Role | |--------|------| | — | BA in Computer Science, Harvard University | | Early career | Microsoft | | ~2007–2022 | Meta/Facebook (15+ years) — ran fbFund, director at Instagram, VP of Product for Facebook ads, VP of Product & Design for WhatsApp | | Dec 2022 – 2025 | Chief Product Officer, Faire | | Late 2025 – present | Chief Product Officer / Head of Product, Anthropic | | Ongoing | Board of Directors, Datadog | ## Recent Activity ### 2026 - Delivered a keynote at **Code with Claude 2026**, Anthropic's developer conference - Moderated a fireside conversation with [[Anthropic]] founders Dario and Daniela Amodei - Announced the SpaceX / Colossus One compute partnership ## Quotes ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] WHERE contains(tags, "type/quote") ``` ## Books ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] WHERE contains(tags, "type/book") ``` ## Vault Connections - [[Anthropic]] — current employer; she is CPO / Head of Product - [[Mike Krieger]] — predecessor as Anthropic CPO; moved to co-lead Anthropic Labs - [[Katelyn Lesse]] — Anthropic colleague - [[Angela Jiang]] — Anthropic colleague - [[Dianne Na Penn]] — Anthropic colleague ## References - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amvora/ - https://amivora.substack.com - https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ami-vora