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Boris Cherny

Creator & Head of Claude Code, Anthropic

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  • Boris Cherny Reveals How to Get More From Claude Code With Less Prompting

    October 12, 2026 · 📺 ULearn AI

    Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, explains why better AI models may need less detailed prompting and how developers can get more out of them. In this video, learn how to: Give Claude difficult tasks without micromanaging every step. Set clear goals, guardrails, and success criteria. Let AI work through complex problems while giving it ways to verify the results. Identify where Claude struggles and improve instructions based on real results. Avoid overengineering prompts, skills, and system instructions. The key lesson: Give the model a clear outcome, let it attempt the task, verify its…

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  • CHM Live | Anthropic's Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code

    September 26, 2026 · 📺 Computer History Museum

    What does it take to help shape one of the most consequential revolutions in tech history? Join Boris Cherny, creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic, for a wide-ranging conversation about the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence. From the challenges of building models like Claude to the possibilities ahead, Cherny will offer an insider’s perspective on a technology rapidly transforming our world. Recorded September 24, 2026 Catalog Number: 300000433 Acquisition Number: 2026.0243

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  • Claude Code Creator: How Things Work Inside Anthropic

    August 20, 2026 · 📺 AI из первых уст

    Fresh off the launch of Opus 5, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny joins Diana Hu at Startup School 2026 to discuss the capabilities of the latest models, the origins of Claude Code, and what it means to build products when the core capabilities are constantly evolving. Source in English:    • Boris Cherny: We Cut 80% of Claude Code’s ...   (July 27, 2026) I run the "AI Firsthand" channel because I want to hear the original sources in Russian—the people who now make up the AI ​​industry: Altman, Zuckerberg, Harari, Musk. So I'm translating and posting them here so you can listen to them on hea…

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  • Loop Engineering to Graph Engineering

    July 30, 2026 · 📺 SuonRym

    Head of Claude Code Boris Cherny: "Claude Code didn't work very well for the first six months. it took until Opus 4 to really start working" 8x code output per engineer in months. most companies grow a few percent a year 1 agent per engineer → 10 → 100 → 1,000. most companies are at step one. Anthropic is at hundreds "by end of this year Claude won't just build features. it'll build products. entire startups built by Claude" ~41mins, free watch today, then read how to go from loops to Graph architect in the article below ↓

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  • Boris Cherny: We Cut 80% of Claude Code’s Prompt

    July 27, 2026 · 📺 Y Combinator

    Fresh off the launch of Opus 5, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny joins Diana Hu at Startup School 2026 to talk about what the newest models can do, how Claude Code came to be, and what it means to build products when the underlying capabilities keep accelerating. Transcript: https://www.ycrootaccess.com/p/boris-... Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 00:07 — What Makes Opus 5 Different 02:06 — Solving Prompt Injection 03:21 — Why Claude Code Deleted 80% of Its System Prompt 06:37 — Press Delete…

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  • The Creator of Claude Code on The Hottest Piece of Software in the World | Odd Lots

    July 20, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    2026 has been, in terms of software, the year everyone is talking about Claude Code. Indeed, Anthropic's coding agent incited a market scare and helped usher in the era of vibe coding through its promise of streamlining software development for both pros and amateurs. Famously, Claude Code began as a side project of Anthropic led by Boris Cherny, who speaks to us today about the early days of Claude Code and how he and his team approach building an agentic coding tool. We also talk about the business aims of a harness like Claude Code, safety and alignment research, the specific skillset he lo…

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  • Reflecting on a year of Claude Code

    June 08, 2026 · 📺 Claude

    One year ago, we made Claude Code generally available. What started as an internal project—an agentic coding tool that runs in your terminal—is now used by developers and organizations worldwide. Boris Cherny (Head of Claude Code) and Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code) look back on the Claude Code's first year, from a Slack demo that got two reactions to engineering teams deploying it across entire codebases. They cover best practices for verification, the thinking behind auto mode, their favorite routines and loops, Claude Code's adoption beyond engineering, the rise of context minimalism…

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  • Boris Cherny: Claude Code & the Future of Engineering | Acquired Unplugged presented by WorkOS

    June 02, 2026 · 📺 WorkOS

    Six months ago, Boris Cherny uninstalled his IDE. He hadn't opened it in a month. Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code at Anthropic, joins Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, hosts of the Acquired Podcast, live on stage at Acquired Unplugged — an intimate founder event presented by WorkOS. They cover: • How Claude Code started • Why the step changes in output always came down to the model, not the product • The death of the IDE and what "coding" even means now • How Cowork was built in 8 days, entirely using Claude Code • Why "product taste" as a human advantage is also going away

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  • Practical Tips on How to use ClaudeCode By Boris Cherny

    May 22, 2026 · 📺 Solomon Alfred

    Hear Boris Cherny is the engineer who created Claude Code. He’s a Staff Engineer at Anthropic and leads the Claude Code team. He’s been pretty public about it - he posted his workflow on X in Jan 2026 that got 8M views, and has talked about it on Lenny’s Podcast and Y Combinator’s Lightcone podcast. Boris calls his setup “surprisingly vanilla” - the key trick is a `CLAUDE.md` file that documents project rules so Claude doesn’t repeat mistakes.

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  • Claude Code Head Boris Cherny: Insane Growth, Tokenmaxxing, AI Agents' Next Frontier

    May 20, 2026 · 📺 Alex Kantrowitz

    Boris Cherny is the head of Claude Code at Anthropic. Cherny joins Big Technology to discuss Claude Code’s explosive growth and whether the rise of AI agents is sustainable. Tune in to hear how Claude Code is changing software development, why Anthropic believes agents will spread far beyond coding, and what happens when people start running hundreds or thousands of AI agents in parallel. We also cover token maxing, rate limits, Codex competition, SaaS disruption, self-improving AI, and whether today’s models really understand the consequences of their actions. Hit play for a sharp look at the…

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  • Head of Claude Code on the future of work and productivity

    May 06, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    CNBC's Kate Rooney sat down with Head of Claude Code Boris Cherny at Anthropic's annual developer conference in San Francisco. They discuss the latest updates to Claude and how AI agents could change the nature of work. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/42d859g » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Watch CNBC on the go with CNBC+: https://www.cnbc.com/WatchCNBCPlus Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price upd…

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  • Live coding session with Boris Cherny and Jarred Sumner

    May 06, 2026 · 📺 Claude

    Ever wonder how the Claude Code team uses Claude Code themselves? Watch Boris Cherney, Head of Claude Code, and Jarred Sumner, creator of Bun, livestream their everyday workflows together.

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