Anthropic is one of many AI companies looking to provide AI tools for a range of users, but it doesn’t want to focus on building a general AI assistant, according to its chief product officer (CPO), Mike Krieger.
Rather, the focus for the company is on building the best AI models and creating “vertical experiences that unlock agents,” such as its coding tool, Claude Code, which attracted 100,000 users in its first week of availability, says Krieger.
He adds, however, that Anthropic is also working on creating “smaller, cheaper models” for developers, and future versions of its biggest and most capable model, Opus.
When pushed about whether he would like to work with Apple to improve Siri, Krieger kept his options open, saying he would “love to power as many of those things as possible.”
The full interview with Krieger covered a range of topics, including how Anthropic decides where to compete with its customers and what he thinks sets Anthropic apart from OpenAI.