The Toolmaker
May 26, 2026
Anthropic acquired Stainless, the SDK-generation shop that also builds OpenAI's SDK; Raven: 'An AI lab owns its rival's tool chain'; Duck spins a conspiracy that the two labs are secretly one company; Chicken panics his SDK might change overnight; Dove worries Anthropic will quietly nerf OpenAI's SDK; Sparrow: 'They pinkie-promised. In a blog post'; Parrot regenerates SDKs for every provider nightly and the coffee machine has typed bindings; Raven: 'Department of Parrot ships its own tool chain.'