Vikhyat K., Moondream AI co-founder, says Anthropic privately reassured Cursor that Claude Code was a research project before launching it

This episode says a lot about what Anthropic increasingly represents.

“According to The Information, Anthropic “blindsided” its then-business partner with the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s founder said Anthropic had not been “consistently honest” with them. Anthropic’s chief product officer had even served on Figma’s board until three days before the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s stock has fallen sharply this year while Anthropic’s valuation has surged.” …. Dario has argued that open source models powerful enough to compete with Anthropic are “dangerous.” But dangerous to whom? Not to enterprises that want to retain control over their data and workflows. Dangerous to a business model that benefits from customers having few real alternatives at the model layer” ———— IMO, the issue is not that Anthropic launched a design product or they making money. Competition is fine. The issue is the combination of moral branding & partner access, and then sudden vertical expansion into a partner’s territory.

Much bigger issue is that they project humility, caution, and public-minded responsibility. But in practice, they behave exactly oppositely, like a company seeking maximum leverage over the model layer, the application layer, enterprise workflows, and the regulatory narrative around who should be allowed to build powerful AI.

Many well-intentioned people unfortunately have bought into the Anthropic myth because the language sounds ethical. But their behavior has been unethical. In AI, the people who claim most loudly that they alone can be trusted with power are exactly the people who need the most scrutiny. This is what will define a dystopia vs utopia in the age of AI.