2026.44: At Long Last…
THE SO WHAT
A Stratechery bundle on Anthropic’s numbers and “the end of the Internet as we know it” is more about framing than facts — it shapes how capital and incumbents narrate the shift. Useful as a narrative barometer, not as an input to this week’s operating plan.
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