
Modern Mogul Podcast · 2026-05-12 · 24 min
We're watching history unfold in real time and most people are missing the point entirely. In this episode, we break down the explosive rise of Anthropic's Claude, which went from $1B to $30B in annualized revenue in just over a year, triggered a 1,487% surge in user sessions in a single month, and dethroned ChatGPT as the #1 downloaded app on the Apple Store. But here's the real question: should you care which team wins? The bigger story isn't Claude vs. ChatGPT. It's about a familiar trap we keep falling into, casting tech founders as heroes and villains while the systems around us quietly consolidate power, access, and opportunity.