Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny

February 17, 2026·50 min·3-min readinterviewtechnology
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Boris Cherny, creator of Quad Code at Anthropic, shares how building for the future model — not today’s — and embracing user-driven, iterative development has led to a revolutionary AI coding agent that’s transforming software engineering, with most code now written by AI and traditional

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Boris Cherny

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Boris Cherny

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Anthropic

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Quad CodeQuadMDCo-WorkMCP

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The Bitter Lessonby Rich Sutton

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Artificial IntelligenceDevopsFuture Of WorkMachine LearningProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringStartups

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