Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts that AI could enable the creation of a billion-dollar company with only one human employee by 2026. This prediction was made at Anthropic's developer conference, Code with Claude.
Anthropic also unveiled its most powerful AI models, Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4. These models are capable of coding, reasoning, and supporting agentic capabilities. These advancements could unlock new opportunities for individuals to optimize work and develop startups.
According to Amodei, industries that don't heavily rely on human interaction will likely see this efficiency first. Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, believes this prediction is plausible. He suggests AI could have significantly aided Instagram's moderation and engineering efforts.