# Dianne Na Penn
Head of Product, Research and Labs at [[Anthropic]]. First technical PM at Anthropic when the product org had ~5 engineers. Former Head of Product, Natural Language Modeling at Alexa AI (Amazon). BS Computer Science + Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania; MBA, Stanford GSB.
## Known For
- Building Anthropic's product function from scratch at the earliest stage
- Articulating safety as competitive advantage: "model capacity increases, user capability increases, the pie grows for everyone"
- Leading product for Claude research and labs work (Claude Opus 4.6, Project Glasswing / Claude Mythos)
## Recent Activity
### May 2026
- Claude Opus 4.6 launch (February 2026) — product lead for research-track models
- Project Glasswing / Claude Mythos announced (April 2026)
- Keynote speaker at Code w/ Claude 2026
### December 2025
- Guest on the Unsupervised Learning podcast — discussed PM-ing at an AI safety company, Anthropic's product philosophy
## Connections
- [[Angela Jiang]] — Anthropic colleague, product leadership
- [[Katelyn Lesse]] — Anthropic colleague
- [[Mike Krieger]] — Anthropic colleague
- [[Anthropic]]
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## References
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dianne-na-penn
- Code w/ Claude 2026 keynote
- Unsupervised Learning podcast (December 2025)