Leverage
A weekly dispatch on using frontier AI to do work that matters.
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The Signal
One development that matters. We cut through the noise and find what actually moves the needle. 200-300 words that change how you see the week ahead.
The Leverage
One practical application you can use immediately. Not theory. Not speculation. A workflow, technique, or decision framework you can deploy this week to get ahead.
The View From Here
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Leverage
The Signal
Claude 3.5 Opus released mid-February 2026
The February releases changed the trajectory. Claude 3.5 Opus doubled the performance ceiling on complex reasoning tasks. What matters: this is happening on a 89-day doubling curve. The gap between what your competitors can do now versus what they'll be able to do in Q3 2026 is no longer measured in increments. It's structural. Most organisations treat this like a software update. It's not. It's a capabilities epoch.
The Leverage
Stop optimising for the current model. Start building for model uncertainty. This means: (1) Test your critical workflows against two models before deploying. (2) Document your assumptions about model capabilities explicitly. (3) Schedule a capability review every 60 days instead of annually. The team that assumes what worked last month still works next month will be 6 months behind by June. The team that builds for upgrades moves at the pace of exponential acceleration instead of against it.
The View From Here
We're in the window where individuals who get this move fast. Organisations that don't are still debating whether to use these tools. By Q3, the question won't be whether to use AI. It will be whether you'll exist in the market where competitors stopped using it months ago. Your move this week: audit one critical workflow. Can your team do it better with the new models? If yes, deploy it. If you don't know, find out.