The Night Shift
October 23, 2026
Anthropic's new agent works while you sleep, and Preston let it run the company overnight; it pivoted to robotics at two a.m., banking at four and back to agents by six; Preston says it thinks like a CEO; Sundar: 'It just ordered a turtleneck.'
Transcript
- Panel 1
- Preston: Anthropic's new agent works while you sleep. I tried it last night.
- Sundar: On what?
- Panel 2
- Preston: The company. At two a.m. it pivoted us to robotics.
- Sundar: It what?
- Panel 3
- Preston: Banking at four. Back to agents by six.
- Sundar: That's three pivots.
- Panel 4
- Preston: Before breakfast! It thinks like a CEO.
- Sundar: It just ordered a turtleneck.
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