Anthropic MTS's to every ML researchers outside their team: "F*ck you. Get rugged. Give up."
They literally just engineered their downfall. Literally every researcher has been shorted by them now.
1:08 AM · Jun 10, 2026 · 9.6K Views
Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon argues Anthropic is alienating external machine learning researchers and hurting their career prospects
Story Overview
Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon amplified claims that Anthropic has effectively sidelined outside machine learning researchers, framing the lab's moves as a deliberate shorting of external career paths and a way to concentrate power inside its own walls. Independent researcher Cody Blakeney publicly backed the critique, suggesting spite could serve as fresh motivation for those feeling shut out.
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Exact Trigger Still Missing
No public record yet shows the specific Anthropic decision or policy change that set off the accusations of a rug pull, leaving the precise timing and details open even as the X thread spreads.
Researcher Impact
Spite Gets Repackaged as Fuel
Cody Blakeney's reply turned the slight into a rallying cry, positioning resentment itself as a practical driver for researchers who now see fewer paths outside the biggest labs.
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Positive users endorse channeling spite as effective motivation against Anthropic, while negative users accuse the company of monopolistic and unethical behavior in its recent actions.
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Beff (e/acc)@beffjezos
Message to all ML researchers feeling slighted / insulted by Anthropic right now:
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Cody Blakeney@code_star
@beffjezos 🫡
Beff (e/acc)@beffjezos
Message to all ML researchers feeling slighted / insulted by Anthropic right now:
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NoGoodGod@NoGoodGodGames
@beffjezos Man I hope the winners of the AI race are anyone other than Anthropic and/or the Chinese
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Sean@sean_from_earth
@beffjezos @sama @tszzl - great time to make a counter play
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Aermias@___aermiyas
@beffjezos misanthropic strikes again
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Eclipse 🌖@ECLresearch
@beffjezos Pretty bold take but the real moat in frontier AI has been compute + data pipeline access, not researcher headcount. If they hold that, the "downfall" narrative is overblown.
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Jerry@Jerry94_HC
@beffjezos probably bullish open weights
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Alec Bowers@Alecbowers
@beffjezos This pushed it over the edge for me. Anthropic has always been woke and on an bad path, but this is monopolistic behavior. If they were to take a commanding lead, they would be and fully exploit their monopoly. They are not ethical capitalists. Concerning af.
We need @xai to 🚀
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sunJ@Joaquindz
@beffjezos spite is actually undefeated when it comes to research motivation
the pettiness bonus is real lol
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