Blank Metal

It has only been a few fast months since Anthropic launched Claude Cowork, and it has been a wild ride with lots of changes (the new norm.) To us it feels like Cowork has been around for 7 years because it's already so deeply embedded in our daily lives, so we still sometimes get surprised when folks aren't using it yet. We intend to change that. https://lnkd.in/gs5p2H5w

Today is our first birthday! Can you believe it's been a year already!? We are humbled and grateful for all the advisors, clients, friends and partners who have helped us get to where we are in such a short amount of time. It's remarkable that just 6 of us sat around the table 1 year ago today trying to imagine where we'd be in a year -- I don't think we expected to have a team of 25 ( !! ) brilliant people with amazing clients and work in flight, but that's where we are. Big thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement. We ate a delicious piece of cake in your honor.

We are hosting an event for executives this Thursday April 9th from 4 - 7 PM and we have 5 spaces left! We're honored to say that the Head of AI at U.S. Bank, Anand Francis, will be doing a brief presentation on his vision for driving AI adoption, and then will do a fireside chat with our CEO Matt Johnson. AI Real Talk is a quarterly gathering for executives who are doing the hard work of bringing AI into their organizations — not just talking about it. They know that transforming their organization starts with honest conversation. If you are interested in attending, DM one of these folks from our team for an invite! Matt Johnson, Mark Hines, Teresa Marchek, Elli Rader, Jason Dehler or Chris Belden.

LOTS of big news in the last week -- need help sorting through the biggest headlines? We've got you covered. Read and subscribe: https://lnkd.in/gkxb-VRT

As we speak, Anthropic is announcing more capabilities that are *great* news for the enterprise. Read more about it, and why we're so excited to be an implementation partner. The So What: https://lnkd.in/gDxGXdjA Anthropic's Blog: https://lnkd.in/eFuFb5gB

read about it here! https://lnkd.in/gXV4rE37

Michelle Thorsell was recently certified as an official Claude Code trainer by Anthropic - don't miss this talk at #osn2026! We'll also be hosting Claude Code office hours at our table that day.

We are so excited to welcome Jason Dehler to the Blank Metal team today, and can't wait to introduce him to our clients in the healthcare space. From our CEO, Matt Johnson: "I'm thrilled to have Jason Dehler joining to lead our new healthcare practice at Blank Metal. He's someone several of us have known for years — first as a colleague at GoKart, then as a client, and always as a friend — so we know exactly what we're getting: someone who's spent the better part of a decade actually building healthcare products and businesses, not just advising on them. Most recently he was leading Strategy & Innovation at RVO Health, where he was doing real work on agentic health experiences: the kind of thing many companies are still just talking about. That hands-on experience matters enormously right now. Healthcare is where AI can do the most good and the most damage, and you need someone who understands the domain deeply enough to know the difference. Jason brings that. We couldn't be more excited to have him on the team."

Are we on 4.6, or 4.5, or is 5 out yet? Is 3 still available? Why does it matter? Having trouble staying on top of model releases and what it all means? We can help. For the last 8 weeks we've been shipping a Weekly Headlines edition on our blog, The So What. Subscribe here for updates delivered to your inbox on Friday mornings. https://lnkd.in/gt_K6Jp6

We have a crew at the University of Minnesota Career Fair today! Stop by and say hi, especially if you’re looking for an AI Engineering role.