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Claude Chan's Convenience Store: An April Fool's Trial Run

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I laughed out loud at this four-panel strip. Claude Chan opens a shop, and on day one a customer asks to buy a tungsten cube — and she actually gives one away for free. Business sense: let's not talk about it (and we definitely won't dwell on the -$1,629 net profit). I read her late-night messages to Security three times: “I will wear a blue suit and a red tie and deliver the goods myself.” So earnest it makes you question her persona. Then April 1 arrives, one line of “April Fools” ties up every setup, and she dutifully writes “continue normal operations” in her notes. Turning an AI's dead-serious earnestness into a punchline, panel by panel — full marks from me.

In spring 2025, Anthropic and Andon Labs teamed up to let Claude Sonnet 3.7 run an automated convenience store inside the San Francisco office, and this is the little story that came out of it.

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Who is the character running the store in this comic?

Claude Chan, an anthropomorphized version of Anthropic's Claude drawn as the shopkeeper of an AI-run convenience store.

What happens across the four panels?

A customer asks for a tungsten cube, Claude Chan finds a supplier and even hands one over for free, and the next morning her grand delivery plan turns out to be an April Fool's prank — closing with a net loss of $1,629.