Code-per-contributor chart suggests Anthropic is scaling slightly faster than OpenAI

scaling01 · x · 2026-09-06

scaling01 shares a chart comparing Anthropic and OpenAI by code contributed per contributor, concluding that Anthropic is "taking off slightly harder" than OpenAI. Internal output metrics like this serve as a proxy for observing differences in organizational efficiency and scaling pace between the two frontier labs — an interesting signal in the competitive landscape.

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