Varun
@varunr.bsky.social
Data scientist at Slack (my views don't represent those of my employer, obviously). Based in Queens
It's interesting that Anthropic will reach 100 billion in annualized revenue in late 2026 *without* making a dent in Google search revenue
For some of these companies the real opportunity is X% of all software eng salaries, or X% of all knowledge worker salaries (trillions)
For some of these companies the real opportunity is X% of all software eng salaries, or X% of all knowledge worker salaries (trillions)
September 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It's interesting that Anthropic will reach 100 billion in annualized revenue in late 2026 *without* making a dent in Google search revenue
For some of these companies the real opportunity is X% of all software eng salaries, or X% of all knowledge worker salaries (trillions)
For some of these companies the real opportunity is X% of all software eng salaries, or X% of all knowledge worker salaries (trillions)
Reminds me a little of this (from an Anthropic blog post about self-serve analytics)
September 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Reminds me a little of this (from an Anthropic blog post about self-serve analytics)
Previously, he would have had to spend 3 minutes writing 3 emails you wouldn't respond to. Now he spends 0 minutes. That's efficiency!
September 21, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Previously, he would have had to spend 3 minutes writing 3 emails you wouldn't respond to. Now he spends 0 minutes. That's efficiency!
I've seen this quote about bananas floating around but he didn't actually say it, right? He said, "If we lose 50 billion dollars a year with a country, and we say we're not gonna trade with them, then we don't lose 50 billion dollars a year"
(which is also dumb, to be clear)
(which is also dumb, to be clear)
September 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I've seen this quote about bananas floating around but he didn't actually say it, right? He said, "If we lose 50 billion dollars a year with a country, and we say we're not gonna trade with them, then we don't lose 50 billion dollars a year"
(which is also dumb, to be clear)
(which is also dumb, to be clear)