Anthropic models power the work, but Anthropic 'sucks at product', says SemiAnalysis

dylan522p · x · 2026-11-12

In a follow-up, Dylan Patel notes his team's use cases are largely powered by Anthropic models, yet he criticizes Anthropic for "sucking at product" and being unreceptive to product feedback — with the same criticism aimed at OpenAI.

The implication: the two strongest model vendors are losing the agent product experience to Perplexity, which builds on their models.

Related event: SemiAnalysis: 45% of Our AI Spend Now Goes to Persistent Agents, With Perplexity Leading(5 posts)→

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