I have noticed Claude and Anthropic’s pace of progress with brief reactions, while the captured posts provide little detail about the developments behind them. These observations sit within the wider competition described in the ai wars heat up.
On May 23, 2025, I wrote, “Claude is getting insane.” The post also quoted @SahilBloom saying, “Call me old fashioned, but this seems…not good,” and included a link; I did not specify what about Claude prompted my reaction, and the quoted link’s contents are not captured.
On November 14, 2025, a captured reply addressed to @ZacharyDeWitt said, “anthropic SBF was goated at this shit” and “he just fumbled when it really counted you know.” The reply’s author is not identified in the capture, and it does not clarify what “anthropic SBF” or “when it really counted” refers to.
On May 25, 2026, I wrote “Dude.” while quoting @PolymarketMoney, which projected that Anthropic would reach a valuation of $2,000,000,000,000+ “this year.” That projection belonged to @PolymarketMoney; the post supplied no supporting evidence, and it did not report an actual valuation or outcome.
On May 28, 2026, I characterized Anthropic’s rise as “Zero to $1 trillion in 5 years.”
The post also quoted @PolymarketMoney’s valuation timeline: Anthropic was founded in 2021; the timeline listed valuations of $4.1 billion in 2023, $18.5 billion in 2024, $61.5 billion in March 2025, $183 billion in September 2025, $350 billion in November 2025, $380 billion in February 2026, and $965 billion in May 2026. These figures were @PolymarketMoney’s claims, not figures I independently verified. The timeline did not provide its valuation methodology or sources, and my “$1 trillion in 5 years” characterization was not explained by the post.
On May 28, 2026, I described the company’s pace as “seriously insane” and “Inspiring to say the least.” The post reacted to @WatcherGuru’s claim that Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8; that launch claim came from the quoted post, not an announcement by me. I did not explicitly identify which company I meant in my reaction.
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