As artificial intelligence floods the internet, Anthropic will pay up to $400,000 for something decidedly human: in-person events.
The AI company behind Claude and Claude Code has an open listing for a brand events lead role based in San Francisco or New York, with a salary range of $320,000 to $400,000.
It’s a notably human layer in an industry that’s defined by automation.
The role caught the attention of some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, including venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.
The hire would be responsible for producing anything from small, invite-only gatherings to large-scale conferences. The posting emphasizes live demos, technical deep dives, and face-to-face conversations with policymakers and academic audiences.
Anthropic also says the hired human must be “comfortable with significant travel,” and says that 30% to 40% of the job will be on the road.
Applicants still need to provide a cover letter. They also need to write a 200- to 400-word essay explaining why they want to work at Anthropic.
The position pays more than similar events roles at the company, including an enterprise-focused position that pays up to $320,000 and a Europe, Middle East, and Africa events role that tops out at £200,000.
The hiring push comes as AI companies race to reshape their own narratives.
OpenAI acquired TBPN in April, in part to work on its product communications. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s xAI has leaned heavily on its ownership of X (formerly Twitter) to control distribution and narrative.
Those efforts come as tech leaders, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have acknowledged that public sentiment around AI has cratered amid warnings that their technologies could gradually reshape the job market and drive up energy demand.
Anthropic has built its identity around a far more cautious approach to deploying powerful AI systems. Now, instead of just broadcasting that message, it’s looking to hire a well-paid human to take that message on the road.
“We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science,” the company wrote in the posting. “We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science.”
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