Before Sonnet 3.5, Nobody Believed Anthropic Could Catch Up With OpenAI
smlpth · x · 2026-11-05
The author reflects that before Sonnet 3.5 shipped in June 2024, he didn't believe Anthropic could ever catch up with OpenAI, who seemed to have a secret sauce—he even says he might not have accepted an offer from them back then. His takeaway: predicting startup success is tough, and hindsight is much easier.
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