Is Claude the Most Underrated AI Tool Right Now?

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Three founders. One exit. Countless new beginnings. We sold our AI company — and now we’re back at square one, figuring out our next re:Starts. Every week, join Damon Burrow, Lakshya Bakshi, and Shashi Mudunuri as we digest the biggest stories in AI, tech, and innovation while also sharing the behind-the-scenes of building what’s next. From brainstorming new ventures to collaborating across industries and hosting candid conversations with fellow builders, The re:Start Podcast is where post-exit founders trade playbooks, predictions, and lessons learned for the sake of discovering their next

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Is Claude the Most Underrated AI Tool Right Now? - Ep. 54

The re:Start Pod

33 minutes 24 seconds

6 months ago

Is Claude the Most Underrated AI Tool Right Now? - Ep. 54

Claude is outperforming GPT-4 for developers - and Cursor is turning engineering into a product manager’s game. In this episode, the founders unpack how they’re using Claude every day, why function calling is such a big deal, and what it means for the future of dev work.

They also explore the decline of protected research time in medicine, the rise of hedge fund PhDs, and what happens when traditional career paths start to break down.

(1:12) Why Claude models are still top among developers

(5:45) OpenAI’s push with O3, O4, and developer market share

(9:30) Will any model “win”? Or will there be long-term rotation?

(13:00) Claude vs GPT-4 vs LLaMA – productivity insights

(16:12) The Meta argument: “Facebook never really left”

(18:56) Meta’s dominance in social and future with AR/VR

(22:40) The AI “dumbbell theory” – value at the top and bottom

(26:15) Are we in a new recession or just reallocation?

(29:20) Protected time for researchers in economic downturns

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