When everyone's asking "Is this Anthropic's ChatGPT moment?", the head of Claude Code says the company is focused on something else entirely. Today: what Boris Cherny's Fortune interview reveals about Anthropic's actual strategy — and why the viral consumer moment might be a byproduct, not the goal.
In this episode:
- Boris Cherny's "enterprise AI company" quote and what it means
- The pipeline: technical users first, then everyone else
- Cowork built in 1.5 weeks using Claude Code itself
- The 32% enterprise market share claim
- Why enterprise focus and consumer buzz create tension
- The Microsoft detail: even Copilot's maker uses Claude Code internally
Further Reading:
- Fortune interview: "Claude Code gives Anthropic its viral moment" (January 24, 2026)
- Menlo Ventures enterprise LLM market share report
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