Minus One with Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic
Thariq Shihipar, a member of Anthropic's Claude Code team (& SPC alum), joins SPC Partner Evan Tana to discuss what it's like building one of the world's most advanced AI coding tools, and why the rules of AI development are constantly being rewritten.
Thariq traces his journey from a gaming startup to Anthropic after a chance text about Claude Code, explains why his team killed Plan Mode, why RAG is becoming an anti-pattern, and why writing great evals is more art than science. He also breaks down capability overhang, harness engineering, and how founders should build when AI models are improving faster than anyone can keep up.
Today’s models are often more capable than we know, and we’re still discovering what they’re actually good at.
AI makes it easier than ever to build. That makes knowing what not to build even more important.
Models improve every few months and it's impossible to predict exactly where the technology will be a year from now.
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