Multi-Agent Patterns for 2026, Anthropic on Colossus, Brockman's Tesla Painting

Anthropic finally fixed the compute crunch — by partnering with the one company OpenAI is currently being sued by. Plus Brockman's deposition journal drops, we unpack why a billion-token context window needs an entirely different GPU architecture, and Phil Schmid's four sub-agent patterns for 2026.This week on ADI Pod: Dan, Rahul and Shimin go heavy on the Elon news — the OpenAI lawsuit, the Anthropic + SpaceX/XAI compute deal that just lifted Claude Code's peak-hour limits, and the Wall Street Journal's data on Grok's user base collapsing (now ~1/30th of ChatGPT's). Then we move into the substance: NVIDIA's Rubin CPX architecture and disaggregation, Phil Schmid's four sub-agent patterns and where the agent-teams pattern is headed, Jack Clark's piece on recursive AI research automation, and Simon Willison reluctantly admitting he runs Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions by default.We close with bubble watch — and move the clock further from midnight after a week with no major red flags.🔗 Articles we discussed▸ How Elon Musk left OpenAI, per Greg Brockman (TechCrunch)https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/how-elon-musk-left-openai-according-to-greg-brockman/▸ Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits SpaceX deal (Ars Technica)https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex/▸ Anthropic-SpaceX AI deal (Wall Street Journal)https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-spacex-ai-deal-elon-musk-f86ea369?st=XUQnP7&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink▸ The road to a billion-token context (CACM)https://cacm.acm.org/news/the-road-to-a-billion-token-context/▸ Sub-agent patterns for 2026 — Phil Schmidhttps://www.philschmid.de/subagent-patterns-2026▸ Import AI 455: automating AI research — Jack Clarkhttps://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-455-automating-ai-research▸ Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like — Simon Willisonhttps://simonwillison.net/2026/May/6/vibe-coding-and-agentic-engineering/▸ You need AI that reduces your maintenance costs — James Shorehttps://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2026/you-need-ai-that-reduces-your-maintenance-costs▸ Anthropic reportedly agrees to pay Google $200B for chips and cloud access (Engadget)https://www.engadget.com/2165585/anthropic-reportedly-agrees-to-pay-google-200-billion-for-chips-and-cloud-access/▸ Silicon Valley bets on floating AI data centers powered by ocean waves (Ars Technica)https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/silicon-valley-bets-on-floating-ai-data-centers-powered-by-ocean-waves/⏱ Chapters00:00 Cold Open & Welcome02:15 News: Elon vs OpenAI Trial Drama (Brockman's Journal & The Tesla Painting)08:30 News: Anthropic Joins Colossus (SpaceX/XAI Compute Deal)13:06 Hardware Hunt: The Road to a Billion-Token Context (NVIDIA Rubin CPX)21:56 Technique: Phil Schmid's 4 Sub-Agent Patterns for 202630:11 Post-Processing: Jack Clark — AI Systems Are About to Build Themselves45:17 Post-Processing: Simon Willison — Vibe Coding & Agentic Engineering55:14 Post-Processing: James Shore — AI That Reduces Maintenance Costs1:01:39 Two Minutes to Midnight1:12:05 Outro🎙 About ADI PodADI Pod (Artificial Developer Intelligence) is a weekly conversation show about AI and software development. We go through hundreds of links and dozens of newsletters each week so you don't have to. Hosts: Shimin Zhang, Dan Łaski, Rahul Yadav.🌐 https://www.adipod.ai📧 [email protected]🦋 Shimin on Bluesky: @shiminsky.bsky.socialIf something in this episode changed your mind or gave you something to try on Monday, hit subscribe and leave a comment with what you tried.#ADIPod #AINews #ClaudeCode #Anthropic #AICoding (00:00) - Cold Open & Welcome (02:15) - News: Elon vs OpenAI Trial Drama (Brockman's Journal & The Tesla Painting) (08:30) - News: Anthropic Joins Colossus (SpaceX/XAI Compute Deal) (13:06) - Hardware Hunt: The Road to a Billion-Token Context (NVIDIA Rubin CPX) (21:56) - Technique: Phil Schmid's 4 Sub-Agent Patterns for 2026 (30:11) - Post-Processing: Jack Clark — AI Systems Are About to Build Themselves (45:17) - Post-Processing: Simon Willison — Vibe Coding & Agentic Engineering (55:14) - Post-Processing: James Shore — AI That Reduces Maintenance Costs (01:01:39) - Two Minutes to Midnight (01:12:05) - Outro