Episode

Head of Growth (Anthropic): Anthropic is automating its own growth

Amol Avasare, head of growth at Anthropic, explains how the company grew from $1 billion to over $19 billion in ARR in fourteen months, describing his team's focus on 'success disasters,' larger strategic bets over micro-optimizations, and early experiments automating growth experimentation with Claude. He also discusses onboarding friction that actually helps activation, Anthropic's safety-driven culture and public benefit corporation structure, and lessons from a traumatic brain injury that reshaped how he manages stress and priorities.