"For the last couple of months, Anthropic's Claude and its coding platform have been having a moment - on social media, in engineers' circles, and in C-suite offices. Claude Code reached newfound popularity over the holidays, when people spent days or weeks building anything from a tool for viewing MRI results to a Goodreads alternative to an AI-generated T-shirt design contest with a complex judicial system."
"Between December 29th and January 26th, Anthropic's word-of-mouth exposure spiked by 13 percentage points compared to the prior 30-day period, while OpenAI's had dropped slightly, according to data from Caliber, a stakeholder intelligence platform. In November 2025, Claude Code passed $1 billion in revenue, according to Anthropic. The company is also reportedly in talks to double its latest funding round to $20 billion (at a $350 billion valuation) due to a spike in investor demand."
Boris Cherny receives public recognition as creator and head of Claude Code. Anthropic's Claude and its coding platform have surged in popularity across social media, engineering communities, and executive circles. Claude Code became widely used over the holidays, with builders creating tools from MRI viewers and Goodreads alternatives to an AI-generated T-shirt design contest with a complex judicial system. Between December 29 and January 26, Anthropic's word-of-mouth exposure rose 13 percentage points versus the prior 30 days, while OpenAI's exposure declined slightly, per Caliber. In November 2025 Claude Code passed $1 billion in revenue, and Anthropic is reportedly seeking to expand a funding round toward $20 billion at a $350 billion valuation. The company released Opus 4.6, a direct upgrade that increases speed and precision for agentic tasks like coding and presentation creation.
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