In this episode of The Context Window, our panel discusses Anthropic’s possible 2026 IPO and what it signals for the AI ecosystem, the biggest AI and Bedrock announcements coming out of AWS re:Invent, and how Google’s latest Gemini releases actually perform for developers writing and shipping code. Brandon Mathis, Tracy Lee, and A.D. Slaton break down whether Gemini is worth using day to day, how AWS is positioning its AI stack for builders, and if “prompt engineer” is still a real role or just a baseline skill every engineer is expected to have now.

What you’ll learn

• How Anthropic’s potential 2026 IPO could reshape the AI landscape for startups and incumbents

• What AWS is actually doing with Bedrock and its broader AI stack for builders

• How Google Gemini’s latest releases stack up for real-world coding and tooling workflows

• Whether “prompt engineer” is still a meaningful role or just a baseline skill for all developers

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