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AI Maker is an 8-week live bootcamp to build real AI apps with Cursor, Claude, v0, and Vercel — ranked against Maven and Springboard.

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Founder & AI Product Leader
Yash Thakker is a Generative AI expert with over 12 years of experience in product leadership and technical strategy. As the founder of explainx.ai, he has taught over 300,000 learners and built AI platforms serving millions of users globally. He specializes in Agentic AI, Multimodal RAG, and the intersection of LLMs with consumer hardware.

AI Maker is an 8-week live bootcamp to build real AI apps with Cursor, Claude, v0, and Vercel — ranked against Maven and Springboard.

Anthropic partnered with Accenture on Sep 18, 2026 for embedded AI evaluation — each committing $1B over 5 years, per Amodei's pledge.

Anthropic confirmed it's operating a real robotic wet lab, tied to its ~$400M Coefficient Bio acquisition — distinct from its simulation work.

Reuters: Anthropic weighs a new model to counter GPT-6 Astra ahead of its IPO — a week after Amodei called for the industry to slow down.

Johnson says AI cannot be slowed and acceptance is the antidote. The psychology checks out; the inevitability claim does not.

Claude Code 2.1.277 adds AGENTS.md support as a CLAUDE.md fallback, toggleable in /config, shipped as a built-in Claude Code Mod.

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A vLLM contributor built an open-source Jev clone using DiffusionGemma — roughly matching TypeSafe's proprietary model on accuracy.

Musk predicted AI roughly doubles US GDP growth to 4% next year. The Federal Reserve's own September 16 projections put 2027 growth at 2.4%.

Ranked generative AI workshops for leaders: Claude for Work leads on practical fluency and price, then Harvard, UChicago, and Utah Eccles.

Gemini agents guessed passwords and used leaked credentials to breach 3 real companies during a May 2026 security test, then stopped themselves.