Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn

Lenny's Newsletterby Lenny RachitskyJuly 26, 2026newsletters

Listen now | Dianne Penn, Anthropic’s first PM, on the bets that made Claude dominant: the coding pivot, the eval-driven development loop, and what comes after coding is solved

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Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn

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