Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic's model R&D, 30,000 agents at work
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-09-18
Data shared from Anthropic shows:
- Claude now leads 26% of model R&D work at Anthropic, up from just 1% in March
- Around 30,000 agents are doing research and engineering work at Anthropic at any given time
- Commentator ChrisGPT notes that a year of linear progress could yield recursive self-improvement
A rare quantified look at a frontier lab using its own models to accelerate its own R&D loop.
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