David Sacks

And a lot of people are kind of pointing out, okay, so wait.

So what Anthropic is saying is they're still trying to hire software engineers at a very high wage, but somehow they think these jobs are going to be eliminated?

So what Anthropic is saying is they're still trying to hire software engineers at a very high wage, but somehow they think these jobs are going to be eliminated?

Right.

Right.

And I think a lot of people are kind of pointing out, well, this is a contradiction.

And I think a lot of people are kind of pointing out, well, this is a contradiction.

Anthropic doesn't really seem to be practicing what they're preaching if they're paying enormous amounts still for software engineers, even as they claim they're obsoleting the entire category.

Anthropic doesn't really seem to be practicing what they're preaching if they're paying enormous amounts still for software engineers, even as they claim they're obsoleting the entire category.

Something doesn't quite add up.

Something doesn't quite add up.

Citadel Securities did a new report that rebuts that Citrini

Citadel Securities did a new report that rebuts that Citrini

report and they show a couple of stats here, which I think are really interesting.

report and they show a couple of stats here, which I think are really interesting.

So job postings for software engineers are rapidly rising.

So job postings for software engineers are rapidly rising.

They're showing, I think it was roughly a 10% year over year increase in the demand for software engineers.

They're showing, I think it was roughly a 10% year over year increase in the demand for software engineers.

On a related note, they also show that company formation is also rapidly expanding.