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Sam Blackshear

Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Research at Anthropic

Sam Blackshear created Move, a programming language designed to make digital assets safer to handle, and co-founded Mysten Labs. He now works at Anthropic on defensive security research, drawing on expertise in programming languages and methods for finding security flaws in code before it runs.

Career & education

Current role
Sep 2026-present
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Research
Previously
Nov 2021-Aug 2026
Co-founder and CTO
Oct 2015-Nov 2021
Principal Engineer
Education

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

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Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
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Citation snapshot on Sep 30, '261,051Sep 30, '26
citations1,051As of Sep 30, '26
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moveSam Blackshear joins Anthropic for defensive security research

The Move creator and Mysten Labs co-founder has joined Anthropic as a Member of Technical Staff.

August 6, 2026
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