Anthropic’s Boris Cherny on Claude Code, AI Agents, and the Future of Software Work

Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, discusses his path from startups and Instagram to Anthropic, where Claude Code emerged from the company’s focus on coding, enterprise, and safety. He explains how AI agents are transforming software development, why businesses must reorganize around AI to unlock major productivity gains, and how Anthropic is expanding compute and developer tools. He also reflects on the future of jobs, software engineers, startups, security, and why he believes coding will become a basic skill like reading and writing.