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Nicholas Marwell retweeted
Fantastic conversation - Joe asks tough questions! Did we answer them well?
I think this might be the first appearance of @the_marwell in public - he is a complete legend within Anthropic, an unbelievable amount of critical programs simply would not have progressed without him. Getting to know him via this podcast is crucial lore.
Some of my friends will be mad I recorded this, and comms people at Anthropic objected to releasing certain parts (and delayed it).
But it's important for leaders to make these conversations happen. And I have a lot of respect for these two.
Over a month ago, I sat down with Anthropic's key technical leaders @_sholtodouglas & @the_marwell for an optimistic insiders’ view of the AI frontier, with hard questions too: open source, regulatory capture, slowing down USA vs China, and more.
Don’t do many of these, but had a great time talking through some important questions on frontier intelligence with @JTLonsdale , and of course always enjoy time spent with @_sholtodouglas .
Worth a listen!
Some of my friends will be mad I recorded this, and comms people at Anthropic objected to releasing certain parts (and delayed it).
But it's important for leaders to make these conversations happen. And I have a lot of respect for these two.
Over a month ago, I sat down with Anthropic's key technical leaders @_sholtodouglas & @the_marwell for an optimistic insiders’ view of the AI frontier, with hard questions too: open source, regulatory capture, slowing down USA vs China, and more.
Nicholas Marwell retweeted
Some of my friends will be mad I recorded this, and comms people at Anthropic objected to releasing certain parts (and delayed it).
But it's important for leaders to make these conversations happen. And I have a lot of respect for these two.
Over a month ago, I sat down with Anthropic's key technical leaders @_sholtodouglas & @the_marwell for an optimistic insiders’ view of the AI frontier, with hard questions too: open source, regulatory capture, slowing down USA vs China, and more.
NEW 🚨 Inside Anthropic — AGI, AI Optimism, Regulatory Capture, Open Source & More!
@JTLonsdale sits down with Anthropic's @_sholtodouglas and @the_marwell
- Have we reached AGI — and what does it mean?
- What are the most exciting breakthroughs at Anthropic right now?
- What are the biggest risks and concerns?
- What is their stance on open source?
- Is Anthropic angling for regulatory capture?
- Do AI researchers share same values as the heartland?
Episode 164 out now!
(00:00) Episode intro
(02:00) Self-taught ML; Unlikely paths to Anthropic
(04:30) What are the most exciting things you're working on?
(08:04) Have we reached AGI — and what comes next?
(10:10) How to measure AI progress
(14:20) Is biology the next great frontier?
(16:50) Career advice & the decade of the generalists
(19:30) What could go wrong? What are the biggest AI risks?
(23:11) Offense vs defense; how technology evolves
(25:08) Answering the regulatory capture critique
(30:45) Anthropic's stance on open source
(31:50) Would you slow down and let China go ahead?
(33:05) Anthropic's view on distillation
(40:12) Is a post-scarcity world achievable?
(48:54) How do we preserve values, tradition & community?
(55:00) Predictions for 2028
Nicholas Marwell retweeted
Sonnet 4.6 also shows a major improvement in computer use skills.
Early users are seeing human-level capability on tasks like complex spreadsheets and multi-step web forms.
ALT Line chart showing Claude Sonnet's computer use scores on the OSWorld benchmark improving steadily from 14.9% with Sonnet 3.5 (new) in October 2024 to 72.5% with Sonnet 4.6 in February 2026.
Nicholas Marwell retweeted
Today we're announcing our $35M Series B led by @sequoia to build technology that connects brands with one new customer: Superintelligence.
Customers don’t turn to Google blue links to decide what to buy anymore. They ask ChatGPT.
I will also be here. Encourage folks who are interested to come by!
Anthropic's hosting a social in NYC in mid-June for quants interested in a career jump. Sign up link below!
I was a quant trader for 4y, retired 2y, then Anthropic for 4y. Quant trading and retirement were good; Anthropic has been great 🎉
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Nicholas Marwell retweeted
Our journey started last year when we realized that embedding models were underloved and under-explored.
Today, we have the best-in-class embeddings & rerankers, incredible partners such as @AnthropicAI , @harvey__ai, and several deployment options.
Huge thanks to our incredible team for their relentless dedication and innovation!
Thrilled to share that we've closed $28M in funding, led by @CRV, with continued support from @wing_vc and @saranormous. Also excited to onboard strategic partners @SnowflakeDB and @databricks!
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