AI’s next big step is here

Claude Cowork turns agents from prompt-takers into operators, compressing executive intent into action.

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Malcolm Frank, CEO
January 19, 2026

AI’s next big step is here

The meteoric rise of Anthropic’s Claude Code marks AI's next pivotal evolution, as seismic as ChatGPT's debut three years ago. 

Consider the market's swift verdict: Anthropic's recent announcements sent shockwaves through software stocks, with Salesforce, Workday, and Snowflake plunging 6-13%, as analysts flagged threats to 100+ SaaS firms. This valuation hit underscores Claude Cowork’s disruptive force, flattening traditional software value propositions and validating its role as a game-changer in enterprise productivity.

Why? Because Claude Cowork turns agents from prompt-takers into operators, navigating desktops, executing multi-step work, and compressing executive intent into action.

At its core, it entrusts intricate software development to an autonomous AI that plans, executes, and refines with minimal human input. Think of it as your personal kick-ass forward deployed engineer: working non-stop, outpacing human devs and turning abstract ideas into functional code overnight.

For business users, this dissolves barriers between concept and implementation, condensing months of labor into hours across key applications. Anthropic's enterprise-first strategy is starting to capture dominant business market share, eclipsing OpenAI's consumer-centric offerings.

Equally important, Claude Cowork ushers in a new era of AI software being written by, yes AI (as over 90% of its code was produced by AI in just a few weeks). 

Bespoke enterprise software, written in the time it takes to schedule an agile design session.  

We’ve entered a new era.

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