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Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity” · Y Combinator Jul 29, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:47 Alexandr Wang And, uh, and we're gonna keep making the models better, and, uh, right now, NewSpark is, I think, eight X cheaper than Opus, so, uh, so if you convert that to Opus dollars, uh, it's a lot more.

Zynga Founder: Consumer Is Not Investible Right Now - Thats Why You Should Build It · Y Combinator Jun 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:39 Garry Tan I mean, I would argue, you know, if the Opus 4.5 moment was just in December, you have to pay, you know, tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars to get like real, real work done with those things.

The Most AI-Pilled CEO We Know · Y Combinator Jun 10, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:14 Pedro Franceschi And I think, I think the point of like, why, you know, like I was yesterday until two AM playing with slash workflows and Opus 4.8 and all that is because I think I'll be doing the exact same thing if I wasn't making any money, because you…

Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers · Y Combinator May 8, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 6:20 Garry Tan Five or 10 dollars of opus calls.
  • ▶ 33:47 unnamed speaker Like, it's exactly the same model and sort of like Opus 4.7 as Claude code, but it just like, like anything above like a simple script, I just find like, it's not like that great at, so
  • ▶ 34:13 unnamed speaker Opus 4.5 was like, oh, like it's actually like here.

Replit's CEO On The Only Two Jobs Left In The Company Of The Future · Y Combinator Apr 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:36 Amjad Masad Uh, so if you think about 20 25, um, there was the, like, Vibe Coding Revolution that happened in earlier 2025, and then there was the, you know, the autonomous revolution that happened in late 2025 with Opus 4.6 that led to Open Claw and…

AI Is Unlocking Millions Of New Builders · Y Combinator Mar 16, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 6:28 Mukund Jha For example, like Opus is a different class of model right now.
  • ▶ 14:59 unnamed speaker Let's not invest time in that, um, because like Opus 4.5 will, will solve it.
  • ▶ 33:16 Mukund Jha Like, for example, you know, um, Opus is obviously a workhorse, um, you know, like, um, Codex is really good in back-end debugging.

Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny · Y Combinator Feb 17, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 43:52 Boris Cherny Um, for me personally, it's been a hundred percent for like since Opus 4.5. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 46:56 Boris Cherny Yeah, I think for a lot of people, they kind of discovered, that was the moment where they discovered Opus 4.5, I kind of already knew.

We're All Addicted To Claude Code · Y Combinator Feb 6, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 3:28 Calvin French-Owen Then I kind of moved over to CloudCode, especially with Opus.
  • ▶ 34:05 Garry Tan And then if the Opus 4.5 somehow got a lot smarter, uh, and then that unlocked a big thing, which was interesting.
  • ▶ 40:02 Calvin French-Owen Um, but it does give these like superhuman results for me at least when debugging complex issues that I find Opus often misses. 2 times in the scene

The Truth About The AI Bubble · Y Combinator Dec 22, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:10 Garry Tan Cause you'd be very familiar with like the personality of Claude Opus or whatever they're choosing.
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