# Bad Influence story: Curative's Claude agent system signs provider contracts about 50 times faster

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 00:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/90450bd6-2ad3-450c-9ddd-89b1972e925d

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Latest update (11-10 00:00): Curative builds a provider-contracting agent hierarchy on Claude

Overview: Curative built a hierarchy of agents on Claude that signs provider contracts about 50 times faster than its team did in 2025, according to Anthropic, which published the account on its blog. Curative says it signed 23,000 provider contracts with the system, up from 2,100 contracts in all of 2025.

The lead agent, Gwen, runs on Claude Opus and handles one provider deal from outreach to signature. Sonnet and Haiku agents review rates and screen messages, per the same report.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 00:00 · Claude Blog (from the company) · [Curative builds a provider-contracting agent hierarchy on Claude](https://badinfluence.news/items/cdsiw0xpo38ljjqsruzxb9zmy)
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