Google has reorganized the AI coding "strike team" it set up around April 2026, expanding it into a permanent training group to strengthen Gemini and chase Anthropic, according to reporting .
AI Coding Race · Google vs Anthropic
Google Revamps Its AI Coding "Strike Team" to Chase Anthropic
Set up only around April 2026, the unit is being recast as a formal "midtraining" group to sharpen Gemini's coding skills — a bid to close the gap with Claude, the field's clear leader.
~$30B
Anthropic estimated ARR — up from ~$9B a year earlier
~3.3×
Anthropic ARR growth in roughly one year
Apr 2026
When the strike team was first stood up — now reorganized
Internal AI code generation
Share of internal code already written by AI
Anthropic has shifted nearly all internal code generation to AI; Google sits at roughly half.
Anthropic — Claude
Leads on coding accuracy
Strong long-context & complex tasks
Praised agentic workflows
Gained Nobel laureate John Jumper
Google — Gemini
Strong ecosystem integration
Vast TPU, data, Cloud & Search
Trails on coding accuracy
Talent losses, incl. Noam Shazeer
The Goal of the Reorganization
Informal strike team(Apr 2026)
→
Formal "midtraining" group
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Stronger Gemini coding + business tasks
Backed by DeepMind work on multi-step coding and agentic abilities — file understanding, intent recognition and self-improvement — extending to tasks like building presentations. Neither company has issued an official statement.
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