Opus
also referred to as: opus for eight
includes Opus 4.7, Opus Four, Opus Four Eight
8 statements across 7 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 9, 2025 by Greg Isenberg · across every show →
Everything said about Opus, oldest first
Jul 9, 2025 bullish
Isenberg: Claude is essential because Sonnet and Opus act as marketing agents
“But for Vibe Marketing specifically, Clode is what you need to use. And why do you need to use it is a few reasons. One is, Sonnet Four and Opus are agents, and you need agents to complete tasks for you in Vibe Marketing.”
Nov 26, 2025 neutral
Isenberg: Claude will be solid and expected, Gemini buggier and exploratory
“I think that the, my guess is Opus is going to come up, come and do like a very solid, fully featured SaaS app, but it's going to be like more, Kind of similar to what you're saying. It's going to be similar to what you'd expect, but I think it's going to be r…”
Jan 8, 2026 positive
Carson: Autonomous agent tasks must fit within a single context window
“So this is the other big unlock with working with agents is that they have a context limit, right? So you know, with Opus, you're looking at about 168,000 tokens. You have to be picking chunks of work that can be fully completed within that context window.”
Feb 6, 2026 neutral
Claude Opus 4.6 creates agent teams while Codex requires direct reasoning prompts
“When I'm talking to Opus, I can tell Opus, build me a team, and here's what I want each member of the team to do. When I'm talking to Codex, I can't really tell it to build me a team, but I can tell it to think about stuff.”
Feb 6, 2026 positive
Jun 6, 2026 positive
Jun 11, 2026 bullish
Jul 9, 2026 positive
Shipper: Anthropic's Claude and Opus remain ahead in visual product design
“I would go to Claude for the actual design, and then port it back in here, because I still think that Claude has a better sense, especially Fable, RIP. But even, even four eight would be better at this. And I think for a product like this, being able to see it…”