alt Hacker NewsBecause creating a successful company takes a lot more than writing code.
Anthropic could easily build a CRM equivalent to or better than salesforce but they still wouldn’t be able to compete with salesforce. It makes a lot more sense to sell salesforce tokens instead.
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__xor_eax_eax • today at 8:59 PM
> Because creating a successful company takes a lot more than writing code.
As many in the industry say now - writing code was never the hard part
Why would they not be able to compete with salesforce? This isn't some tiny startup. This is one of the most deep pocketed companies in the world. Anthropic has announced they are about to spend 5 salesforces worth of money on cloud expenditures in the next couple years. They are projected to be valued at about 10 salesforces after IPO.
Imagine how much money they'd raise if they just said one day "we are going after salesforce bottom line now." It would be like chumming the water.