AI is creating the Rick Rubins of Silicon Valley

Producer Rick Rubin

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In Silicon Valley, AI is fueling the rise of the star individual contributor.

Just take a look at what happened after The Browser Company was acquired by Anthropic. Josh Miller, CEO of this browser startup, recently described how Anthropic's Claude Code radically changed his hiring strategy.