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Roon predicts firms will declare bankruptcy on understanding their own code

development2026-01-26

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OpenAI's Roon predicted a coming cultural change where software organizations declare bankruptcy on understanding the code they commit, as Claude in Excel reached Pro plans.

Reporting date: 2026-01-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 26, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Roon predicts firms will declare bankruptcy on understanding their own code
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Reporting date: 2026-01-26
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-26-bankruptcy-on-understanding-code
Claim: OpenAI's Roon predicted a coming cultural change where software organizations declare bankruptcy on understanding the code they commit, as Claude in Excel reached Pro plans.
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- Welcome to January 26, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-26-2026
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