A Bay Area joke says Uber drivers keep cancelling because Anthropic is hiring them
AndyMasley · x · 2026-07-28
A joking post says getting an Uber in the Bay Area is hard because drivers keep cancelling after getting offers to leave and join Anthropic. It works as both a Bay Area AI joke and a sign of Anthropic’s hiring pull.
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