The founder and three senior team members of Zulip are joining Anthropic:
Tim Abbott, Alya Abbott, Greg Price, and Alex Vandiver
And they are "donating the company" to a new non-profit #Zulip Foundation:
with the first three above as the board (plus Josh Triplett) and "Interim President" Kim Vandiver (notice the same last name as the other person who's joining Anthropic)
https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/
via @mary_ext
Announcing the Zulip Foundation
Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a…The Zulip Blog