Short answer: Sam Nadler says Anthropic closed a funding round above $10 billion. Jordan Metzner says they are shifting spend from Cursor and ChatGPT to Anthropic because its models are top notch and it focuses on enterprise, not ads.
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From Episode 29: We Built an AI Recruiter Coach in 6 Hours (Plus Claude Cowork in Real Time), starting at 16:07.
Sam Nadler [16:06]: Yeah. Let's, let's maybe come back. Let's see if it builds. But in the meantime, Anthropic closes the latest funding round above 10,000,000,000, still open, it sounds like. I think Anthropic is just on a you know, it was, like, a month and half ago Google was on a tear. The last sixty days, thirty days, whatever, Anthropic's been on a tear. Seems you know, it's great products being built here, but, like, the capital is flowing.
Jordan Metzner [16:35]: Yeah. I mean, as you see, like, I mean, from our side, we're shifting more and more of our spend over to Anthropic, probably less of it in from Cursor, and less of it to ChatGPT. I think, like, when he comes out publicly and says, like, we're not focused on ads, we're focused on enterprise, that makes me feel good, like, as an entrepreneur, a CEO, because I know that, like, they're gonna continue to build tools to support me rather than, like, tools to market to me. And their, I mean, their models are top notch. And at the end of the day, that's all that really matters. I mean, if, like, tomorrow Google's new, Gemini tools become top notch, we probably move over to there. Right? And so I think there is this like lag and this curve of whatnot, but, as kind of early adopters as we are, we're we're constantly looking for like what's the best way to build. And, right now, it seems obvious to me that, the Anthropic models are the best way, no doubt.
Sam Nadler [17:28]: Totally. And also, like, I think yesterday, they came out with the premium tier just dropped 50%. It seems like, it's getting cheaper. Everything's getting cheaper. So
Jordan Metzner [17:38]: Yeah. Think they have a max plan at a $100 now. They still have a $200 max plan. I think the spend I mean, like, it might be getting cheaper, but we're spending more money using it. Right? It's kind of like a gateway drug in that regard. Yeah. But, yeah, the tools are so good and they're so fast and they're top of the market. And I know ChatGPT's working on a new like 5.3 model or something to that extent, and Google's working on Gemini 3.5. But, as long as Anthropic coding models continue to be the best, it seems like coding is everything because, these Coworker tools are just wrappers around their coder. Right? And so they're still, like, kind of the best tools on the market. So anyway, we'll see what happens, but it's fun to be a developer in this time as you are now. And it's awesome to build things like you built today, like the evaluation tool.
