2026 has been, in terms of software, the year everyone is talking about Claude Code. Indeed, Anthropic&#x27;s coding agent incited a market scare — and helped usher in the era of vibe coding — through its promise of streamlining software development for both pros and amateurs. Famously, Claude Code began as a side project of Anthropic led by Boris Cherny, who speaks to us today about the early days of Claude Code and how he and his team approach building an agentic coding tool. We also talk about the business aims of a harness like Claude Code, safety and alignment research, the specific skillset he looks for in engineers now that code writing is a deemphasized skill, and what happens when Claude Code feels more like a co-worker than a tool.<br>Read more:For Software Engineers, the AI Reckoning Is Already HereDimon Warns of Broad Mythos Access, Calling It a Real Issue<br>Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots<br>Subscribe to the Odd Lots NewsletterJoin the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots<br>See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World

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The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World

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The candid version is on a podcast,
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The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.