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dan sheper

T2 · manager / operator

CEO and co-founder of Every, an AI company. He has been testing ChatGPT 5.6 internally with his team of about 30 people for about a month and closely tracks frontier model releases and their product implications.

4 calls·4 names·50% bull·last heard 3 months ago·The Information
track record

no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

top calls

highest conviction · one per company
1stmedium conviction
$ANTHROPICAnthropic

Anthropic holds top-end model lead but OpenAI winning on usability for enterprise

Anthropic's strategy bets on top-end model (Fable) enabling faster/cheaper smaller model development, but OpenAI's 5.6 is more accessible for mainstream knowledge workers and currently the better product for daily use.

The Information2026-07episode →
2ndmedium conviction
$CURSORCursor

Cursor acquisition gives xAI a frontier coding harness to pair with frontier model

xAI acquiring Cursor creates a flywheel by pairing a frontier model with a best-in-class coding harness, amplified by xAI's massive compute resources.

The Information2026-07episode →
3rdmedium conviction
$OPENAIOpenAI

OpenAI's ChatGPT 5.6 regains mandate of heaven as best product for knowledge work

ChatGPT 5.6 combined with Codeex and the desktop app is the gold standard for daily knowledge work — fast, powerful, cheap, and extremely usable. OpenAI's focus on usability over raw power will win back enterprise mindshare from Anthropic.

The Information2026-07episode →

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$ANTHROPIC
Anthropic
MEDdan sheper·The Information·3 months ago·Is ChatGPT 5.6 Actually That Good?
Anthropic holds top-end model lead but OpenAI winning on usability for enterprise
Anthropic's strategy bets on top-end model (Fable) enabling faster/cheaper smaller model development, but OpenAI's 5.6 is more accessible for mainstream knowledge workers and currently the better product for daily use.
"I do think that Anthropic and Claude have had a little bit of the mandate of heaven over the last year and OpenAI has has faded a little bit to second place. Um, and you can defin…"
12:01
$SPCX
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SpaceX
LOWdan sheper·The Information·3 months ago·Is ChatGPT 5.6 Actually That Good?
xAI's Grock model not yet competitive but Cursor acquisition creates flywheel potential
Grock 4.5 emphasizes speed/cost over intelligence gains, making it uninteresting as a frontier model today, but acquiring Cursor pairs a frontier model with a best-in-class coding harness which could create a powerful flywheel given xAI's compute resources.
"Whenever I look at a Frontier model release and it um emphasizes the Frontier models speed and cost, I'm always like, well, it's not then it's not really a Frontier model. Uh unle…"
14:42
$CURSOR
Cursor
MEDdan sheper·The Information·3 months ago·Is ChatGPT 5.6 Actually That Good?
Cursor acquisition gives xAI a frontier coding harness to pair with frontier model
xAI acquiring Cursor creates a flywheel by pairing a frontier model with a best-in-class coding harness, amplified by xAI's massive compute resources.
"they acquired cursor and basically having uh having a frontier model paired with a Frontier harness is I think going to be and they also have a ton of compute is going to be a thi…"
14:27
$OPENAI
OpenAI
MEDdan sheper·The Information·3 months ago·Is ChatGPT 5.6 Actually That Good?
OpenAI's ChatGPT 5.6 regains mandate of heaven as best product for knowledge work
ChatGPT 5.6 combined with Codeex and the desktop app is the gold standard for daily knowledge work — fast, powerful, cheap, and extremely usable. OpenAI's focus on usability over raw power will win back enterprise mindshare from Anthropic.
"I really think that uh 5.6 six and CHBT codeex chip work are actually if you if you just take a look at the products on the ground are are the best for knowledge work right now an…"
12:31
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Frontier AI Modelsmixed
OpenAI 5.6 reclaims product lead over Anthropic's Fable for daily knowledge work
OpenAI's 5.6 combined with Codeex desktop app offers superior usability, speed, and cost for mainstream knowledge workers, while Anthropic's Fable remains a powerful but unwieldy 'warp drive' for specialized tasks. The product experience gap will drive enterprise mindshare back to OpenAI in the near term.
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AI Agentsheadwind
Current models lack social awareness for group settings like Slack, limiting proactive agent deployment
Models today are designed for reactive one-on-one chat, not proactive group collaboration. They struggle with when to jump into Slack conversations and how to act with social grace. Solving this 'coherence' and social awareness problem is the next frontier for AI agents in workplace tools.
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Enterprise AI Adoptiontailwind
Claude Code drives Anthropic enterprise licenses but OpenAI 5.6 better suited for mainstream knowledge workers
Anthropic's Claude Code has triggered enterprise license purchases, but OpenAI's 5.6 is designed for accessibility — usable by lawyers and non-AI-experts — while Fable requires a new skill set. This usability advantage will determine which platform wins the broader enterprise market beyond hardcore engineers.