Claude search up 120% vs ChatGPT 15%
Over the past three months, Claude's search volume grew 120% while ChatGPT's grew only 15%, signaling a major shift toward Anthropic among developers.
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Mar 9, 2026
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Sam vs Dario: The Non-Handshake, the Super Bowl Ads, and a Years-Long Feud
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Sam vs Dario: A Rivalry Years in the Making
Dario left OpenAI in 2021 over fundamental disagreements with Sam Altman. Since then: Anthropic ran Super Bowl ads trolling OpenAI, OpenAI acqui-hired OpenClaw over Anthropic's objections, and the two CEOs refused to shake hands in front of India's PM. This feud is shaping the entire AI industry.
Anthropic banned OpenClaw from subscriptions
Anthropic updated their terms of service to prevent subscribers from using their Claude subscription credits to power OpenClaw, escalating the rivalry with OpenAI.
OpenClaw users spending $100–$1,000/day on Claude
People actively using OpenClaw were reportedly spending $100 to $1,000 per day on Anthropic's Claude Opus credits, making them extremely high-value customers for Anthropic.
Dario Amodei left OpenAI in 2021
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was at OpenAI from 2016 to 2021, leaving with his sister over disagreements about the company's direction before founding Anthropic.
Claude Is Quietly Crushing ChatGPT Among Developers
Claude's search volume surged 120% in three months while ChatGPT grew only 15%. Engineers are the early adopters, and when the best coding tool wins developers, it eventually wins everyone — because software is eating AI.
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MVP built in one week
Sam's initial MVP was coded in approximately one week using ChatGPT voice mode and copy-pasting code, with no prior technical experience.
Discord vs email for young users
Sam argues Discord is 10x better than email for building relationships with younger users who rarely check their inbox.
Monthly infra costs ~$780–$980
Sam's monthly operating costs include Cursor ($200), AI image generation ($100), AI video generation ($200), hosting ($100), email marketing ($80), and AI compute ($300–$500).
ChatGPT-powered pain point research
Sam recommends copying days of Discord chat history into ChatGPT and prompting it to list recurring pain points as a fast, free market research technique.
50 free tools built total
Bhanu and his team built approximately 50 free tools to attract search traffic, each linked back to SiteGPT.
New tool built in under 5 minutes
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu can now create a new free marketing tool in less than 5 minutes by referencing existing tools.
KD filter < 10 for rankable keywords
Bhanu filters Ahrefs keyword results to show only those with a keyword difficulty below 10, making them realistic ranking targets for any decent website.
Minimum 1,000 monthly search volume
Bhanu sets a minimum search volume of 1,000 monthly searches when selecting keywords to target with free tools.
20 downloads/day at launch
PropGPT averaged 20 downloads per day right after launching on the App Store through influencer marketing.
