(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has hired Airbnb ( ABNB ) veteran Krishna Rao as its first finance chief, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Anthropic and Rao did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The company has raised billions from cloud service providers Google and Amazon.com ( AMZN ) and other venture capital firms as it looks to keep up with Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed rival and ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Rao was previously CFO at digital sports platform Fanatics Commerce and global head of corporate and business development at Airbnb ( ABNB ) between 2018 and 2021.