Noah Zweben says Claude lets Anthropic aim at maximal outcomes
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Anthropic product manager Noah Zweben says that because Claude lets the team attempt many things at once, his job is to direct that capacity toward the best achievable outcome.
In an X post dated November 9, 2026, he says he asks what would change for customers and the business if a project or feature went fully right, and adds that this is not quite true yet.
In a separate thread from the same day, Zweben says Boris Cherny told him, when he joined Claude Code as PM #2 in November 2025, to be a cannon for engineers. He describes how he approaches product management for developer tools in the AI era.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 9, 9:14 PM ET
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Noah Zweben@noahzwebenXNoah Zweben says Claude lets Anthropic aim at maximal outcomesAINoah Zweben says that because Claude lets the team attempt many things at once, his job is to point that capability at the best achievable outcome. He asks what would change for customers and the business if a project or feature went fully right. He notes this is not quite true yet.
Noah Zweben@noahzwebenXNoah Zweben explains how he thinks about PM work for devtools in the AI ageAIAnthropic's Noah Zweben says Boris Cherny told him, when he joined Claude Code as PM #2 in November 2025, to be a cannon for engineers. Zweben's thread describes how he approaches product management for developer tools in the age of AI.

Noah Zweben@noahzwebenXNoah Zweben shares how he approaches product management at AnthropicAINoah Zweben says he took several lessons from a chat with Boris about digesting the discussion and how he approaches product management today. He also says he shares this advice with all new PMs at Anthropic. The post's core idea is framed as "aim and velocity," using the analogy of what a cannon does.
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