# Bad Influence story: Noah Zweben says Claude lets Anthropic aim at maximal outcomes

Active · 3 articles · 1 source · First reported 11-09 19:57. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/bff06bc6-0659-4d1f-bdd2-6941939d84da

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Latest update (11-09 19:57): Noah Zweben says Claude lets Anthropic aim at maximal outcomes

Overview: 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.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-09 19:57 · Noah Zweben · [Noah Zweben says Claude lets Anthropic aim at maximal outcomes](https://badinfluence.news/items/jnb5cib71uoovjtb7g6qwwamt)
2. 11-09 19:57 · Noah Zweben · [Noah Zweben explains how he thinks about PM work for devtools in the AI age](https://badinfluence.news/items/eonyydwzezn0tz37c1d3nuife)
3. 11-09 19:57 · Noah Zweben · [Noah Zweben shares how he approaches product management at Anthropic](https://badinfluence.news/items/ibmvasfm8bfoez6vx7micvhx5)
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