Boris Cherny is a Ukrainian programmer.[1] He is known as the creator and the current head of Claude Code.

Boris Cherny
Born
Odessa, Ukraine
Alma materUC San Diego
EmployerAnthropic
Known forCreating Claude Code and Claude Cowork
Websitehttps://borischerny.com/

Personal life

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Cherny was born in Ukraine and his family moved to America in 1995.[1] Cherny studied economics at UC San Diego. He then took on a job at Meta[disambiguation needed], where he worked from 2017 to 2024 on the Instagram team. By his final years at Meta, Cherny held responsibility for code quality across the entire company.[2] In 2024, Cherny was hired to work at Anthropic in 2024.[3]

Before working for Anthropic, Cherny was living in rural Japan.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Claude Code creator Borys Chernyi said he was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States in 1995". dev.ua. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  2. Chiang, Ernest (2026-02-24). "The Man Who Built Claude Code Was Changed By It | Ernest Chiang". www.ernestchiang.com. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  3. "Boris Cherny - Anthropic | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2026-06-12. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  4. Bloomberg Originals (2026-06-10). Inside Anthropic, the $965 Billion AI Juggernaut | The Circuit. Retrieved 2026-06-28 via YouTube.