Claude Code Head Boris Cherny: Insane Growth, Tokenmaxxing, AI Agents' Next Frontier

About this episode

Boris Cherney discusses the growth of Claude Code and the future of AI agents in software development.

Boris Cherney is the head of Claude Code at Anthropic. Cherney joins Big Technology to discuss Claude Code’s explosive growth and whether the rise of AI agents is sustainable. Tune in to hear how Claude Code is changing software development, why Anthropic believes agents will spread far beyond coding, and what happens when people start running hundreds or thousands of AI agents in parallel. We also cover token maxing, rate limits, Codex competition, SaaS disruption, self-improving AI, and whether today’s models really understand the consequences of their actions. Hit play for a sharp look at the agent boom from one of the people building it. Join the Big Technology AI Summit: https://summit.bigtechnology.com --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Alex Kantrowitz

Guest: Boris Cherney

Topics covered

• AI agents
• software development
• token maxing
• SaaS disruption
• self-improving AI

Keywords

• Claude Code
• AI agents
• Boris Cherney
• Anthropic
• software development
• token maxing
• SaaS disruption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic

Products: Claude Code, Codex

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