On May 19, 2026, the official Claude account posted a update on X announcing the launch of its brand-new founder interview series *The Problem Solvers*. The debut episode focuses on Scott Wu, co-founder and CEO of Cognition—whose team developed Devin, the world's first AI software engineer. The product is built on Claude, with a core mission to increase the software development speed of all engineering teams by 10 times.

The core of *The Problem Solvers* series is to document unscripted conversations between top founders solving complex problems with Claude, with Anthropic engineers participating deeply in the founders' work processes. The official page has also released information about other guests in the series, including Kay Zhu, co-founder and CTO of Genshark. Kay built an enterprise-level AI workspace based on Claude and says Claude's reasoning capabilities have completely transformed how his team builds products. The full content of the series is available at the official page: https://claude.com/problem-solvers


X users have launched multi-dimensional discussions around this update, mainly focusing on the following areas:

1. Questions about efficiency and real-world usability

Some users note that 10x is a bold claim, but even a 2 to 3x efficiency improvement for tedious repetitive work would already be extremely valuable. The core question is whether Devin can handle messy real-world codebases, or if it only works for polished demo projects. Others have directly questioned whether Devin is actually built on Claude.

2. Discussion on the nature of the technology

Some developers point out that labeling Devin an "AI software engineer" underestimates the real difficulty of the work: 90% of engineering work is not writing code—it's the orchestration layer: constraint files, permission gatekeeping, and knowing what not to do. Others have asked what exactly differentiates Devin's workflow from just directly sending prompts to Claude, and how Devin handles edge cases that Claude itself can't resolve—whether it is delegated work or ends up becoming a bottleneck.

3. Industry observations

Some industry practitioners believe that Scott Wu building Devin with Claude is one of the most interesting B2B collaborations in the current AI space: two AI companies working on one product with one shared goal—to drastically boost the capabilities of human engineers. Others mention that the limiting factors of software development have always been time, iteration cycles, and bandwidth; if AI can compress these cycles, the impact will go far beyond just productivity metrics.

4. Humorous banter

Some users shared two memes joking about Claude's update frequency:



Others joked: "Devin said it was going to take our jobs earlier—where is it now?" Some users also flipped the question, asking which part of a workflow Devin helps with the most, and if there are any concrete success stories.

5. Other opinions

Some users complained that the current pace of updates is like chasing the speed of light, and that it would be better to slow down and be more steady. Others pointed out that the real bottleneck isn't writing code—it's avoiding breaking things: writing clean code slowly is better than being fast then spending three days debugging.

A Turkish user shared Scott Wu's growth story: he competed in math competitions in seventh grade, and years later became CEO of Cognition, a $10 billion-valued AI startup in Silicon Valley, and built the first AI software engineer Devin. The user said this story feels like it comes from the future.

To date, the 10x efficiency promise of Devin still requires verification in more real-world scenarios, and Claude's *The Problem Solvers* series will continue to release content featuring more founders.