I don’t know how OpenAI screwed this up. They had the best tech, the largest installed base, the best brand recognition.

And somehow instead of prosecuting the lead in all areas, they got all hubristic and sloppy and just failed to iterate on the core product, while also failing to respond quickly when Anthropic showed that coding agents are the flywheel that makes the whole company faster.

It’s like they thought they had an unassailable monopoly and speedran to the lazy incumbent position, all in a matter of months.

Anecdotally, I would actually argue tbe opposite - Anthropic is overrated, ass-kissed way too much here for mediocre coding abilities (especially for Elixir). ChatGPT most of the time one-shots complex solutions in comparison. The only reason why people shit on OpenAI so much is because of the defence deal, but, it's not like Anthropic is a saint either:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/anthropic-gives-20-million-t...