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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Drew Bent: Anthropic: Global Education

Anthropic stands at the very cutting edge of artificial intelligence—not just in terms of technical capability, but in how seriously it treats the long arc of AI’s impact on humanity. Only today, reading a thoughtful thread on Twitter, I was struck by a telling observation: among all the companies pushing the frontiers of AI, Anthropic appears to have the most stable and cohesive founding team. In an industry known for rapid pivots, internal fractures, and personality-driven turbulence, that kind of continuity is rare. It suggests that something deeper is at work—a shared philosophy, a strong internal culture, and a long-term alignment around purpose rather than short-term hype.

That cohesion shows up in Anthropic’s work. Your focus on alignment, interpretability, and safety is not performative or reactive; it feels foundational. You are not merely asking what AI can do, but what it should do, and how it can be built in a way that earns trust over decades, not just funding cycles. This kind of thinking requires patience, intellectual honesty, and institutional maturity—qualities that are hard to fake and harder to sustain.

What resonates with me most, though, is Anthropic’s visible commitment to global education and broad human benefit. AI should not be a privilege of a few wealthy geographies or elite institutions. It should be a force multiplier for human potential everywhere.

I grew up in Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world. For a long time, it felt like the centers of technological power were impossibly far away—geographically, economically, and culturally. Seeing a company like Anthropic take responsibility not just for innovation, but for stewardship, makes something click. It feels like the future I stayed back for. As in, I did not return.

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