BENGALURU: OpenAI competitor Anthropic has appointed Rahul Patil as its chief technology officer. Patil joins the league of Indian-origin leaders at the helm of some of the world’s most influential technology companies.Patil succeeds co-founder Sam McCandlish, who is moving into the role of chief architect. Patil joins the AI company, which has developed Claude AI model, from payment processing firm Stripe, where he was its CTO overseeing engineering and global operations.In Sept, Anthropic raised $13 billion and was valued at $183 billion. Patil graduated from Bengaluru’s PES University in 1998. He earned his master’s degree in computer science from Arizona State University, followed by an MBA from the University of Washington. Patil, who grew up in Bengaluru, is currently based in Seattle.