Anthropic just acquired Bun, and it feels like a pretty big signal for where AI‑native software engineering is heading.
How I stumbled on this
- First saw the news through ThePrimeagen’s video breaking down the acquisition and what it means for devs: Anthropic confirms software engineering is NOT dead.
- Then went and read Anthropic’s official blog post to get the “corporate” version of the story: Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone.
What’s actually happening
- Anthropic is buying Bun, the high‑performance JavaScript/TypeScript runtime that already powers Claude Code’s CLI, and Bun will stay open source and MIT‑licensed with the same team working on it.
- Claude Code itself just hit a USD 1B run‑rate in about six months, and Bun is becoming core infrastructure for Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, and future AI coding tools.
My take as an early‑career AI engineer
- This move doesn’t say “software engineering is over”; it says “hard engineering around AI agents is now strategic,” which is exactly what Primeagen rants about in the video.
- AI coding tools are clearly getting more powerful, but the people who understand runtimes, infra, and how to glue AI + tooling together are becoming even more valuable, not less—and that’s the space I’m trying to grow in with my current AI/agent work.