Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Boris Cherny is the head of Claude Code at Anthropic. Cherny joins Big Technology to discuss Claude Code’s explosive growth and whether the rise of AI agents is sustainable. Tune in to hear how Claude Code is changing software development, why Anthropic believes agents will spread far beyond coding, and what happens when people start running hundreds or thousands of AI agents in parallel. We also cover token maxing, rate limits, Codex competition, SaaS disruption, self-improving AI, and whether today’s models really understand the consequences of their actions. Hit play for a sharp look at the agent boom from one of the people building it.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Claude Code’s Explosive Growth
5:40 What Is Claude Code?
9:22 Using AI Agents To Book Flights
12:45 Tokenmaxxing And Real Demand
21:27 Are AI Agents Too Inefficient?
30:45 Rate Limits And User Frustration
36:03 Beyond Coding
41:48 Claude Prompting Other Claudes
44:37 The Saaspocalypse
49:26 Self-Improving AI
51:54 Do AI Agents Need World Models?
54:45 Is This The Future Or A Fever Dream?