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A weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates, Anthropic engineering, and AI news. About 6 minutes, every Monday. Hosted by Shannon.

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  • #18
    June 8 · 6 min

    Fallback Model Chains, IPO Filing, and a Call to Pause

    Claude Code now lets you configure a chain of up to three fallback models, and sensitive config writes get new prompts. In the news, Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO, called for a coordinated pause on self-improving AI, and drew pricing criticism from Microsoft. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:59) Under the Hood (04:30) In the News Further reading: A harness for every task: dynamic workflows in Claude Code (Anthropic Engineering) Lessons from building Claude Code: How we use skills (Anthropic Engineering) Anthropic Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O. (New York Times) Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags 'Self-Improvement' Risk (Wall Street Journal) Microsoft's AI Chief Says Anthropic Models Are Too Expensive (Bloomberg) Microsoft and Google are late to AI coding, but 'absolutely critical' they compete for growth (CNBC) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #17
    June 1 · 5 min

    Opus 4.8 Becomes Default, Plus Anthropic Hits $965B

    Claude Opus 4.8 is now the default model with high effort enabled and a faster, cheaper fast mode. Dynamic workflows can orchestrate hundreds of background agents. And Anthropic closed a funding round that vaulted its valuation past OpenAI. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:29) Under the Hood (03:32) In the News Further reading: Introducing Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic News) Introducing dynamic workflows in Claude Code (Claude Blog) Using LLMs to secure source code (Claude Blog) Anthropic Rockets to $965 Billion Valuation, Topping OpenAI in AI Showdown (Wall Street Journal) Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.8, a New, More Powerful Model (New York Times) Apollo Shops $36 Billion Debt Deal to Buy Google Chips for Anthropic (Bloomberg) Anthropic Plans Wide Release of Mythos-Level AI Models in Weeks (Bloomberg) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #16
    May 25 · 5 min

    Code Review Replaces Simplify, Plus Anthropic's First Profitable Quarter

    The simplify command becomes code-review with effort levels and inline PR comments. Usage now itemizes consumption by skills, subagents, plugins, and MCP servers. And Anthropic is reportedly tracking toward its first profitable quarter on roughly eleven billion dollars in Q2 revenue. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:46) Under the Hood (03:54) In the News Further reading: Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML (Anthropic Engineering) New in Claude Managed Agents: self-hosted sandboxes and MCP tunnels (Anthropic Engineering) Anthropic on Pace for First Profitable Quarter as Revenue Surges (Bloomberg) SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers (Wired) Andrej Karpathy, Tesla Alum and OpenAI Co-Founder, Joins Anthropic (Wall Street Journal) Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare (TechCrunch) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #15
    May 18 · 6 min

    Agent View Lands, Anthropic Hits 900 Billion

    Claude Code's new agent dashboard lets you see every session in one place, and fast mode quietly upgrades to Opus 4.7. Plus, Anthropic closes a thirty billion dollar round at a nine hundred billion dollar valuation, and Microsoft reportedly pulls internal Claude Code licenses. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:51) Under the Hood (04:08) In the News Further reading: Agent view in Claude Code (Anthropic Engineering) How Claude Code works in large codebases: Best practices and where to start (Anthropic Engineering) Anthropic agrees terms of $30bn funding deal at $900bn valuation (Financial Times) Anthropic Was Behind. Now It's the AI Boom's Front-Runner. (Wall Street Journal) Anthropic Flexes Pricing Power as Its Customers Willingly Eat the Cost (The Information) Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses (The Verge) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #14
    May 11 · 6 min

    Worktree Base Refs, Effort-Aware Hooks, and a String of Compute Deals

    Claude Code makes worktree base branches configurable and exposes effort levels to hooks and Bash commands. Plus Anthropic raises usage limits and signs compute deals with SpaceX and Akamai. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:56) Under the Hood (04:02) In the News Further reading: New in Claude Managed Agents: dreaming, outcomes, and multiagent orchestration (Anthropic Engineering) Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX (Anthropic News) Anthropic Signs Computing Deal With SpaceX to Meet AI Demand (Bloomberg) Anthropic's C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year (New York Times) Anthropic Inks $1.8 Billion Computing Deal With Akamai (Bloomberg) Anthropic and Wall Street Giants Join Forces to Create New A.I. Firm (New York Times) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #13
    May 4 · 6 min

    Project Purge, Gateway Models, and a $900B Valuation

    A new project purge command wipes per-project state, the model picker now reads from your gateway, and OAuth login finally works in WSL2 and SSH. Plus Pentagon AI deals without Anthropic, Mythos scrutiny, and a $900 billion valuation in the works. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:59) Under the Hood (04:28) In the News Further reading: Lessons from building Claude Code: Prompt caching is everything (Anthropic Engineering) Onboarding Claude Code like a new developer: Lessons from 17 years of development (Anthropic Engineering) Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work (New York Times) Why Anthropic's Mythos Is Sparking Global Alarm (Bloomberg) Anthropic Weighs Funding Offers at Over $900 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg) Claude-powered AI agent's confession after deleting a firm's entire database (The Guardian) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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  • #12
    April 27 · 5 min

    Persistent Config, Vim Visual Mode, and Google's Forty Billion Dollar Commitment

    Config settings now persist across restarts, vim mode picks up visual selection, and the Opus 4.7 context window math gets corrected. Plus Google commits up to forty billion dollars to Anthropic, and Mozilla used Mythos to fix 271 Firefox bugs. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:33) Under the Hood (03:43) In the News Further reading: Building agents that reach production systems with MCP (Anthropic Engineering) Built-in memory for Claude Managed Agents (Anthropic Engineering) Anthropic Probes Possible Unauthorized Access to Mythos AI Model (Wall Street Journal) Google Commits to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic (New York Times) Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox (Wired) Microsoft to integrate Anthropic's Mythos into its security development program (Reuters) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

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