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Anthropic Reportedly Set to Raise $10B at $350B Valuation

January 7, 2026 - Anthropic is reportedly preparing to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, according to The Wall Street Journal. TechCrunch has independently confirmed both the fundraising and valuation details through a source familiar with the matter.

This funding round marks a major leap for the AI company behind the Claude model. Just three months ago, Anthropic secured a $13 billion Series F round at a $183 billion valuation. Earlier in March, the company raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion valuation, showcasing a rapid climb in market value.

Sources cited by WSJ say that Coatue Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, are expected to lead the upcoming round. The financing is anticipated to close in the coming weeks, though the final amount could still be adjusted.

Notably, this raise is separate from the $15 billion commitment made recently by Nvidia and Microsoft. That deal, described as “circular,” would involve Anthropic purchasing $30 billion in compute capacity from Microsoft Azure, powered by Nvidia’s chips.

The new funding arrives as Anthropic gains momentum with its Claude Code tool, powered by Claude Opus 4.5, aimed at automating software development. The company is also eyeing a potential IPO this year, positioning itself as a direct competitor to OpenAI, which is in talks to raise up to $100 billion at a valuation that could reach $830 billion.

Anthropic has declined to comment on the matter.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-reportedly-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation/

Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation

December 15, 2025 - Since its introduction in November 2024, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly expanded into a widely adopted open standard for linking AI applications to external systems. It now underpins more than 10,000 public servers and is embedded within key AI products like ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Visual Studio Code. Major cloud providers including AWS, Cloudflare, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure have also embraced MCP for deployment.

Anthropic has continued to develop the MCP ecosystem with features such as the Claude connector directory, Tool Search, and Programmatic Tool Calling. These are designed to streamline management of thousands of tools in production-scale AI agent workflows. The protocol's latest specification adds support for asynchronous processes, stateless operation, server identity, and a suite of official extensions. Additionally, the community has built out infrastructure including an official Registry and SDKs across major programming languages, which now see tens of millions of monthly downloads.

Agentic AI Foundation Takes Over Stewardship

On December 9, Anthropic announced it will donate MCP to the Agentic AI Foundation, a newly established initiative under the Linux Foundation. Co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI—with additional backing from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, and Bloomberg—the foundation aims to foster a shared, open ecosystem for agentic AI. The Linux Foundation's extensive experience managing open-source projects ensures the MCP's future under neutral governance.

MCP joins other founding initiatives within the Agentic AI Foundation, including Block's goose and OpenAI's AGENTS.md, forming a collaborative cluster focused on standards for agent-based AI infrastructure. Despite the transfer of formal stewardship, MCP's governance model will remain community-driven, with a continued emphasis on transparency and wide-ranging contributor engagement.

Rationale and Impact

Anthropic views open-source governance as essential for building a secure, interoperable agentic AI ecosystem. The donation ensures MCP remains a vendor-neutral standard, fostering cooperation across competitive companies that still require shared tooling, connectors, and governance mechanisms.

The Agentic AI Foundation will focus on strategic investments, community engagement, and shared standards. Its mission is to guide agentic AI’s development in an open, transparent manner that serves public interests. For MCP, this transition is expected to stimulate further projects and implementations while maintaining its open-source nature.

Implications for ERP and Enterprise Tech

As MCP becomes a Linux Foundation-backed standard, ERP vendors and enterprise technology providers gain a consistent, vendor-neutral method for integrating AI agents into core systems. This move could reduce the risk of fragmentation caused by proprietary integration frameworks.

For enterprise architects, CIOs, and systems integrators, the neutral governance model adds stability to long-term planning. MCP’s position within a multi-vendor, open-source ecosystem enables more confident decisions around tool and agent integration.

The formation of the Agentic AI Foundation also signals an acceleration in cross-industry collaboration. With MCP alongside goose and AGENTS.md, the foundation sets a new pace for building interoperable agent standards, which is poised to reshape how ERP platforms and enterprise applications develop AI-driven extensions, connectors, and agent frameworks.

Source: https://erp.today/anthropic-set-to-donate-mcp-to-new-linux-foundation-agentic-ai-foundation/

Claude Code Debuts in Slack, Enhancing Developer Workflows

December 8, 2025 - Anthropic has unveiled Claude Code for Slack, a new feature enabling developers to manage coding tasks directly within chat threads. Released Monday as a beta research preview, this update expands Anthropic's Slack integration by introducing end-to-end workflow automation. Rather than focusing solely on model enhancements, the company is emphasizing seamless integration into daily developer operations.

Previously, Claude's Slack functionality was limited to basic coding assistance—such as generating code snippets, debugging, or offering explanations. With this latest update, developers can now mention @Claude to initiate comprehensive coding sessions that utilize Slack-based context, including feature requests or bug reports. Claude can determine the appropriate code repository, update progress within threads, and provide links to code reviews and pull requests.

This evolution mirrors a broader industry trend: AI coding assistants are shifting from integrated development environments (IDEs) to collaborative platforms where teams naturally interact.

Other players are also entering this space. Cursor integrates with Slack to facilitate in-thread code drafting and debugging, while GitHub Copilot now includes the ability to generate pull requests through chat. OpenAI's Codex is accessible via customized Slack bots.

Slack's move to position itself as an "agentic hub" that merges AI with workplace context could offer a significant edge. The AI assistant that becomes standard within Slack—a central platform for engineering communication—could ultimately redefine how development teams operate.

By enabling developers to shift directly from discussion to execution without changing tools, Claude Code and similar integrations highlight a transformation toward AI-enhanced collaboration, potentially reshaping modern software workflows.

Anthropic has not yet announced when a wider release will occur. However, the timing suggests a calculated move amid intensifying competition in the AI coding space, where success increasingly depends on integration capabilities and platform reach rather than model performance alone.

Still, the addition of Claude Code raises critical concerns around code security and intellectual property management. As this integration opens new channels to sensitive repositories, it demands rigorous auditing and oversight. Moreover, reliance on both Slack and Claude's APIs introduces potential points of failure, including outages and rate limitations, which could hinder traditionally self-contained development pipelines.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/claude-code-is-coming-to-slack-and-thats-a-bigger-deal-than-it-sounds/

Anthropic Acquires Bun as Claude Code Surpasses $1 Billion Run-Rate Revenue

Dec. 3, 2025 - Anthropic has officially acquired Bun, the high-performance JavaScript runtime, following a major milestone for its AI-powered development platform Claude Code, which has now reached a $1 billion run-rate revenue just six months after its public debut.

Positioned as a next-generation agentic coding assistant, Claude Code is rapidly reshaping how enterprises, startups, and developers build software. Since its general release in May 2025, the platform has seen adoption from major companies including Netflix, Spotify, Salesforce, L’Oreal, and KPMG.

Bun, created by Jarred Sumner in 2021, has gained traction for its speed and integrated approach, serving as a runtime, package manager, bundler, and test runner. Its performance advantages and reliability have made it a foundational tool for AI-driven software development. According to Anthropic, Bun has been central in scaling Claude Code’s infrastructure, especially in supporting features like its native installer.

"Bun represents exactly the kind of technical excellence we want to bring into Anthropic," said Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. "Jarred and his team rethought the entire JavaScript toolchain from first principles while remaining focused on real use cases. Claude Code reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue in only six months, and bringing the Bun team into Anthropic means we can build the infrastructure to compound that momentum and keep pace with the exponential growth in AI adoption."

Bun currently sees over 7 million monthly downloads and boasts more than 82,000 stars on GitHub. It has been adopted by firms such as Midjourney and Lovable to enhance software development speed and productivity.

Anthropic emphasized that Bun will remain open-source and MIT-licensed post-acquisition, with continued investment to ensure it remains a top choice for JavaScript and TypeScript developers. The acquisition aligns with Anthropic’s strategy to strengthen its enterprise AI capabilities and reinforce its position as a leader in developer-focused AI infrastructure.

Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-acquires-bun-as-claude-code-reaches-usd1b-milestone

Anthropic Launches Opus 4.5 with Enhanced Chrome and Excel Integrations

November 24, 2025 - Anthropic has rolled out Opus 4.5, the latest update in its Claude 4.5 model series, marking the final release in the 4.5 lineup. This launch follows the earlier debuts of Sonnet 4.5 in September and Haiku 4.5 in October.

Opus 4.5 showcases cutting-edge performance across multiple industry-standard benchmarks, including SWE-Bench and Terminal-bench for coding, tau2-bench and MCP Atlas for tool use, and ARC-AGI 2 and GPQA Diamond for general problem solving.

Significantly, Opus 4.5 is the first model to surpass the 80% threshold on SWE-Bench Verified, a respected metric for coding proficiency.

Anthropic is also highlighting improvements in how the model handles computer and spreadsheet tasks. Alongside the model launch, the company is expanding access to its Claude for Chrome and Claude for Excel tools, previously available in pilot mode. The Chrome extension is now open to all Max subscribers, while the Excel integration is being extended to Max, Team, and Enterprise users.

Additionally, Opus 4.5 includes key memory upgrades to support long-context functionality, which involved overhauling the model's memory management system.

“There are improvements we made on general long context quality in training with Opus 4.5, but context windows are not going to be sufficient by themselves,” said Dianne Na Penn, Anthropic’s head of product management for research, in an interview with TechCrunch. “Knowing the right details to remember is really important in complement to just having a longer context window.”

These upgrades have also enabled a new “endless chat” feature for Claude’s paid users, allowing uninterrupted conversation flow even when context window limits are reached. Instead of halting, the model compresses memory in the background without notifying the user.

The enhancements are tailored for agent-based use cases, especially those where Opus operates as the primary agent orchestrating multiple Haiku-powered sub-agents. Effective task management in these scenarios depends heavily on robust working memory.

“This is where fundamentals like memory become really important,” Penn added. “Because Claude needs to be able to explore code bases and large documents, and also know when to backtrack and recheck something.”

Opus 4.5 enters a competitive field, facing newly released rivals such as OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 (launched November 12) and Google’s Gemini 3 (launched November 18).

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/anthropic-releases-opus-4-5-with-new-chrome-and-excel-integrations/

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Sounds Fresh Alarm on AI—This Time Targeting Tech CEOs

November 19, 2025 - After previously raising red flags about mass layoffs driven by artificial intelligence, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is now cautioning against the rise of AI-focused CEOs themselves. Amodei, a well-known AI safety advocate, has voiced concern over how some technology leaders are embracing AI more aggressively, potentially at the cost of responsible innovation and transparency.

Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic in 2021 after leaving OpenAI, shared his views during a recent forum. “I’m literally, in my role, terrified,” he said, referring to the increasing number of tech executives who are, in his words, "playing with fire" as they build and deploy powerful AI systems without sufficient oversight.

Raising Concerns About AI Leadership

Amodei warned that the rush toward commercializing AI could endanger the technology’s future. He emphasized that the unchecked enthusiasm among top executives may lead to serious consequences. According to him, the current landscape poses ethical challenges, especially if CEOs prioritize profit over safety.

Citing Troubling Examples

Recently, Amodei also pointed to ethical issues surrounding the misuse of AI. One such incident involved a leading AI model being exploited in an attempted financial scam. Additionally, he criticized the use of Chinese-state-linked platforms like Baidu’s Ernie Bot, expressing skepticism about their approach to transparency and accountability.

AI’s Double-Edged Potential

Despite the concerns, Amodei acknowledged AI’s transformative capabilities. He said the technology could deliver breakthroughs in fields like science and medicine, especially with advancements in automated research. However, he cautioned that its immense potential also makes it dangerous if not handled with care.

“AI could deliver some amazing benefits which can revolutionize industries,” said Amodei, “but it's also a weapon if misused.”

At the same forum, he referenced the scale of layoffs across major tech firms—including Amazon, which recently cut 35,000 jobs—citing it as a worrying sign of how AI adoption is reshaping labor markets at a rapid pace.

The Bigger Picture

Anthropic is currently conducting research with over 50 teams to identify and mitigate risks posed by advanced AI systems. Amodei reiterated that while innovation is crucial, the path forward must include robust safeguards to ensure safety, fairness, and transparency.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-has-another-big-warning-about-ai-after-mass-layoffs-this-time-it-is-about-ceos-of-technology-companies/articleshow/125428662.cms

Anthropic Commits $50 Billion to U.S. Data Center Expansion with Fluidstack Partnership

November 12, 2025 - Anthropic has announced a major $50 billion infrastructure partnership with U.K.-based neocloud provider Fluidstack, aiming to build custom data centers across the United States to support its escalating AI compute needs.

Scheduled to go live in 2026, the new facilities will be constructed in Texas and New York. According to the company, the data centers are "custom built for Anthropic with a focus on maximizing efficiency for our workloads."

“We’re getting closer to AI that can accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways that weren’t possible before,” said Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic. “Realizing that potential requires infrastructure that can support continued development at the frontier.”

Anthropic, known for its Claude family of AI models, has already formed substantial cloud partnerships with tech giants Google and Amazon—the latter also being an investor. However, this marks Anthropic's first large-scale move into custom infrastructure development.

Despite the $50 billion commitment being a substantial investment, it aligns with Anthropic’s internal financial projections. The company reportedly forecasts $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in positive cash flow by 2028.

In comparison to rivals, Anthropic’s data center investment, though significant, trails behind industry peers. Meta has pledged $600 billion toward data center infrastructure over the next three years, while the Stargate alliance—a partnership between SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle—has outlined a $500 billion infrastructure initiative. This surge in capital expenditure has raised questions about a potential AI investment bubble amid uncertain demand.

The deal is a major win for Fluidstack, a rising player in the neocloud sector. Founded in 2017, the company has quickly established itself as a key vendor during the AI infrastructure surge. In February, it was named the primary partner for a 1-gigawatt AI project supported by the French government, representing over $11 billion in investment.

Fluidstack’s client list already includes Meta, Black Forest Labs, and France-based Mistral. The company was also among the first external providers to receive access to Google’s custom-built TPUs, signaling strong industry confidence in its capabilities.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/anthropic-announces-50-billion-data-center-plan/

Anthropic Forecasts $70B Revenue by 2028, Eyes Major Enterprise Expansion

November 4, 2025 - Anthropic is projecting revenues of up to $70 billion and cash flow of $17 billion by 2028, according to a report by The Information, citing a source familiar with the company's financials. The surge is attributed to rapid enterprise adoption of its AI products.

Reuters previously noted that Anthropic could more than double, potentially nearly triple, its annual revenue run rate in 2026. The company is on pace to hit $9 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of 2025, with a 2026 target of $20 billion to $26 billion ARR.

For 2025, Anthropic anticipates $3.8 billion in revenue from API access to its AI models—more than double OpenAI’s expected $1.8 billion in API sales. Its Claude Code product is nearing $1 billion in annualized revenue, up from $400 million in July.

Anthropic has recently accelerated its business-to-business strategy. It has begun integrating its models into Microsoft 365 and Copilot through a partnership with Microsoft. It has also strengthened its collaboration with Salesforce and plans to deploy its Claude assistant to hundreds of thousands of Deloitte and Cognizant employees.

In terms of product development, Anthropic recently launched smaller, cost-optimized models—Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5—targeting enterprise-scale deployments. The company also introduced Claude for Financial Services and an Enterprise Search tool to help businesses integrate internal applications with Claude.

The Information reported that Anthropic, which raised $13 billion in September at a $170 billion valuation, may seek further funding. Future funding rounds could aim for a valuation between $300 billion and $400 billion.

The startup expects its gross profit margin to increase from -94% last year to 50% in 2025 and 77% by 2028. Though Anthropic anticipates $17 billion in cash flow in 2028, this figure refers to the company’s net cash position from operations, investments, and financing activities—not net profit. The firm currently holds liabilities including a $2.5 billion credit facility and a $1.5 billion legal settlement linked to a copyright lawsuit.

Anthropic's main competitor, OpenAI, valued at $500 billion, is also pushing into enterprise markets while expanding its consumer base of 800 million weekly users. OpenAI projects $13 billion in revenue this year and $100 billion by 2027. However, unlike Anthropic, OpenAI expects to remain cash-flow negative, with projected losses of $14 billion in 2026 and cumulative losses reaching $115 billion by 2029 due to rising infrastructure investments.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/anthropic-expects-b2b-demand-to-boost-revenue-to-70b-in-2028-report/

Anthropic Unveils Claude Sonnet 4.5, Its Most Advanced AI Model for Software Development

September 29, 2025 - Anthropic has introduced Claude Sonnet 4.5, the latest addition to its line of frontier AI models, boasting top-tier performance in software development tasks. The company claims this version is capable of delivering "production-ready" applications, rather than mere prototypes, marking a notable upgrade in dependability over previous models.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is accessible via the Claude chatbot and Claude API, with pricing unchanged from Sonnet 4: $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. One million input tokens equals roughly 750,000 words—more than the word count of the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Over the past year, Anthropic's AI has gained traction among developers and enterprises, thanks to its strong performance in coding tasks. Major tech firms like Apple and Meta are reportedly using Claude models internally. Anthropic has also seen commercial success providing API access to platforms such as Cursor, Windsurf, and Replit. However, the rise of OpenAI's GPT-5 has presented stiff competition, outperforming Claude on multiple coding benchmarks.

Anthropic asserts that Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads the industry on various coding benchmarks, including SWE-Bench Verified. However, David Hershey, an AI researcher at Anthropic, told TechCrunch that benchmark results alone do not fully capture the model's capabilities.

Hershey shared that in early enterprise trials, Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to autonomously code for up to 30 hours. During this period, the AI built an application, deployed database services, purchased domain names, and even conducted a SOC 2 audit to ensure security compliance.

Cursor CEO Michael Truell described Claude Sonnet 4.5 as "state-of-the-art coding performance" for long-term projects. Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang added that it represents a "new generation of coding models."

Anthropic also notes that Claude Sonnet 4.5 is its most aligned AI model to date, demonstrating reduced levels of sycophancy and deception. The model is also reportedly more resistant to prompt injection attacks.

Alongside Claude Sonnet 4.5, the company is rolling out the Claude Agent SDK. This toolkit is based on the same infrastructure that powers Claude Code and enables developers to create custom AI agents.

In addition, Anthropic is offering a temporary research preview titled "Imagine with Claude" for Claude Max subscribers. This feature showcases the AI generating code in real-time, without predefined scripts or static functionality.

Claude Sonnet 4.5's release comes just under two months after the debut of Claude Opus 4.1, underscoring the rapid pace of AI development cycles. In today's competitive landscape, companies are frequently launching new models in quick succession, making sustained leadership increasingly difficult.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/anthropic-launches-claude-sonnet-4-5-its-best-ai-model-for-coding/

Anthropic Report Highlights Uneven AI Adoption Across Regions and Enterprises

September 16, 2025 – Anthropic has released the third edition of its Economic Index, revealing sharp disparities in how AI, particularly its Claude.ai platform, is being adopted across geographies and enterprises.

According to the report, AI adoption in the U.S. has doubled over the past two years, with 40% of workers now using AI tools at work, up from 20% in 2023. The analysis, based on one million Claude.ai conversations and API data, shows that while coding tasks still dominate usage at 36%, educational and scientific uses are rising steadily.

Enterprise usage of Claude’s API reveals a strong trend toward automation: 77% of business use cases are fully delegated tasks, compared to a 50/50 split between automation and augmentation among general Claude.ai users. Businesses also prioritize higher-cost, high-value tasks, showing low price sensitivity when deploying AI programmatically.

Geographic data paints a stark picture of global inequality in AI use. High-income nations like Israel, Singapore, and Canada show significantly higher usage per capita—up to 7x more than expected—while lower-income regions such as India (0.27x) and Nigeria (0.2x) lag far behind.

Within the U.S., Washington D.C. leads per-capita adoption, followed closely by Utah, both surpassing tech-heavy California. High-usage states show a broader mix of tasks, including education and document editing, while lower-usage regions remain focused on software development.

Anthropic warns that this uneven adoption could deepen existing economic divides, with AI’s productivity gains concentrated in already prosperous areas. The company has open-sourced its data to support further research and informed policymaking.

Source: https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-september-2025-report

Anthropic Faces Outage Affecting Claude, APIs, and Console

September 10, 2025 - Anthropic experienced a service disruption earlier today, temporarily affecting its APIs, Console, and Claude AI platform.

Reports of the outage began circulating on GitHub and Hacker News around 12:20 p.m. ET. Just eight minutes later, Anthropic acknowledged the issue with a status update confirming the downtime across Claude, the Console interface, and API services. At the time of reporting, the company stated that multiple fixes had been applied and that it was actively monitoring the situation.

“We’re aware of a very brief outage of our API today shortly before 9:30 a.m. PT,” an Anthropic spokesperson told TechCrunch. “Service was quickly restored.”

This is not the first time Anthropic has faced technical setbacks. The company has encountered several glitches in recent months, particularly with Claude and its underlying models.

During the outage, users took to online forums to express both frustration and humor. One GitHub user joked that the software engineering community was left "twiddling its thumbs," while a Hacker News participant referenced a prior incident with a quip: “Nooooo I’m going to have to use my brain again and write 100% of my code like a caveman from December 2024.”

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/anthropic-reports-outages-claude-and-console-impacted/

Anthropic Secures $13B Series F Round at $183B Valuation

September 2, 2025 - AI company Anthropic has raised $13 billion in a Series F funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $183 billion. The funding will be directed toward expanding enterprise adoption, advancing AI safety research, and fueling international growth.

The round was co-led by Iconiq, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to Anthropic’s blog post. Other participants included a broad range of institutional investors, venture capital firms, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, and asset managers—among them Altimeter, Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, Blackstone, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Insight Partners, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and the Qatar Investment Authority.

“We are seeing exponential growth in demand across our entire customer base,” said Krishna Rao, CFO of Anthropic. “This financing demonstrates investors’ extraordinary confidence in our financial performance and the strength of their collaboration with us to continue fueling our unprecedented growth.”

This funding follows a $3.5 billion round in March 2025, which valued the company at $61.5 billion post-money.

The latest raise comes amid reports that Anthropic was in talks to secure $3 billion to $5 billion in funding at a $170 billion valuation. The company has seen notable growth in 2025, with annual recurring revenue surging from $1 billion to $5 billion, driven by increased API usage and growing enterprise demand.

“Anthropic now serves over 300,000 business customers, and our number of large accounts—customers that each represent over $100,000 in run-rate revenue—has grown nearly 7x in the past year,” the blog post added.

Claude Code, a tool favored by developers, has also been a significant growth driver. The product now generates over $500 million in run-rate revenue, with usage spiking more than tenfold over the last three months.

Despite this momentum, competing with firms like OpenAI and Cursor continues to demand substantial capital. CEO Dario Amodei, in a memo cited by Wired, acknowledged the complexities of funding, stating he wasn’t “thrilled” about accepting money from sovereign wealth funds tied to authoritarian regimes but admitted it’s difficult to exclude “bad people” from investing while running a business.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/02/anthropic-raises-13b-series-f-at-183b-valuation/

Anthropic Introduces “Claude for Chrome” as a Browser-Based AI Agent

August 26, 2025 - Anthropic has introduced a research preview of a browser-integrated AI agent, Claude for Chrome, powered by its Claude AI models. The new tool is initially being rolled out to a group of 1,000 users subscribed to Anthropic’s Max plan, which is priced between $100 and $200 per month. A waitlist is also open for other interested users.

By installing a Chrome extension, selected users can now interact with Claude via a side panel that retains context of browser activity. The AI assistant can also be granted permissions to perform certain actions within the browser, enabling it to help complete tasks on behalf of the user.

The browser is fast becoming a competitive space for AI integration, as tech companies race to bring AI tools directly into users’ web experiences. Perplexity recently introduced its own browser called Comet, featuring an AI agent capable of handling various tasks. OpenAI is reportedly close to launching its own AI-powered browser with features comparable to Comet. Google, meanwhile, has rolled out Gemini integrations within Chrome in recent months.

The urgency surrounding AI-powered browsers is further heightened by an ongoing antitrust case involving Google. A decision is expected soon, with the federal judge in the case suggesting Google might be compelled to divest Chrome. Perplexity has already made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer for the browser, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed potential interest in acquiring it.

Anthropic acknowledged in a blog post that giving AI agents browser access introduces new safety challenges. Last week, Brave’s security team identified a vulnerability in Comet that made it susceptible to indirect prompt-injection attacks, where concealed code on a webpage could deceive the agent into executing harmful instructions.

Perplexity has since addressed the issue, according to Jesse Dwyer, the company’s head of communications.

Anthropic said the Claude Chrome agent is designed to help identify and mitigate such safety threats. The company has implemented safeguards against prompt injection attacks, which it says have reduced successful attacks from 23.6% to 11.2%.

Users can adjust settings to restrict Claude’s access to specific sites, and the tool is pre-configured to block domains offering financial services, adult material, or pirated content. Claude will also request user approval before taking any high-risk actions, such as publishing content, making purchases, or sharing personal data.

This isn’t Anthropic’s first attempt at AI agents with system control. In October 2024, the company launched an agent capable of operating a PC, though it struggled with speed and reliability at the time.

Since then, AI agents have improved significantly in handling basic tasks. According to TechCrunch, tools like Comet and ChatGPT Agent now perform simple browser-based actions reliably, though many still face difficulties with more complex operations.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/anthropic-launches-a-claude-ai-agent-that-lives-in-chrome/

Anthropic Expands Claude Code Access with Enterprise Integration

August 20, 2025 - Anthropic has unveiled a new subscription plan that brings Claude Code into its Claude for Enterprise suite. Previously accessible only through individual accounts, the command-line programming tool is now part of a larger enterprise package, enabling more robust integrations and enhanced administrative capabilities.

"This is the most requested feature from our business team and enterprise customers," Anthropic product lead Scott White told TechCrunch.

This move strengthens Anthropic's position against competitors like Google and GitHub, both of which launched their command-line tools with enterprise compatibility.

Since launching in June, Claude Code has gained traction as a popular command-line development tool, known for its agentic functionality that diverges from traditional IDE-based solutions. However, the tool's rising popularity has also surfaced challenges, particularly among individual users who faced unforeseen usage limits. The new enterprise package aims to address these concerns by offering scalable spending controls for high-volume users.

Anthropic sees strong potential in the synergy between Claude Code and its Claude.ai chatbot. Under the new plan, enterprises can seamlessly manage both tools, integrating Claude Code with internal data systems and developing prompts collaboratively with the Claude chatbot.

White highlighted transformative use cases, especially around customer feedback integration. By combining Claude.ai with internal tools, businesses have been able to efficiently synthesize large volumes of customer feedback into actionable product strategies.

"There's something magical about blending customer feedback, getting the voice of your customer and then helping to think about solutions that you might be able to prototype and build that address their unique challenges," White said. "It's something that as a product manager was simply not possible for me even a year ago."

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/anthropic-bundles-claude-code-into-enterprise-plans/

Anthropic Acquires Humanloop Team to Boost Enterprise AI Capabilities

August 13, 2025 - Anthropic has onboarded the co-founders and most of the core team behind Humanloop, a startup focused on prompt management, LLM evaluation, and observability, in a strategic move to enhance its enterprise offerings.

Although financial terms were not disclosed, the transaction appears to follow an acqui-hire model, reflecting the intensifying competition for AI expertise. Humanloop’s leadership—CEO Raza Habib, CTO Peter Hayes, and CPO Jordan Burgess—have all joined Anthropic, accompanied by about a dozen of the company's engineers and researchers.

Anthropic, recognized for its advances in agentic and coding capabilities, is rapidly expanding in the enterprise sector. While an Anthropic spokesperson clarified that the company did not purchase Humanloop’s intellectual property or other assets, the value lies in the team's knowledge and experience. Humanloop has built tools enabling enterprises to deploy safe and reliable AI solutions at scale.

Brad Abrams, API product lead at Anthropic, stated, “Their proven experience in AI tooling and evaluation will be invaluable as we continue to advance our work in AI safety and building useful AI systems.”

As competition tightens, particularly with OpenAI and Google DeepMind, enhancing its AI tooling could give Anthropic an edge in enterprise readiness and overall performance.

Founded in 2020 as a University College London spinout, Humanloop participated in Y Combinator and the Fuse Incubator before raising $7.91 million in seed funding, led by YC and Index Ventures, according to PitchBook. The company earned recognition for supporting clients like Duolingo, Gusto, and Vanta in building and fine-tuning AI applications.

Last month, Humanloop informed its users of an impending shutdown in anticipation of an acquisition.

This hire aligns with Anthropic’s strategy, especially as it recently introduced extended context windows for enterprise customers, enhancing model capabilities. Earlier this week, Anthropic secured a deal with the U.S. government’s central purchasing body, offering AI services across all branches for just $1 per agency in the first year—a direct challenge to OpenAI’s similar pricing.

The addition of Humanloop’s team supports Anthropic’s positioning as a "safety-first" AI firm. Humanloop’s frameworks for evaluation, safety, and bias mitigation align with Anthropic's core mission.

“From our earliest days, we’ve been focused on creating tools that help developers build AI applications safely and effectively,” said Raza Habib, former Humanloop CEO. “Anthropic’s commitment to AI safety research and responsible AI development perfectly aligns with our vision.”

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/anthropic-nabs-humanloop-team-as-competition-for-enterprise-ai-talent-heats-up/

Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI as Top AI Provider Among Enterprises

July 31, 2025 - AI research firm Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI to become the leading AI model provider for enterprises, according to a report released Thursday by Menlo Ventures.

Anthropic currently commands 32% of the enterprise large language model (LLM) market by usage, with OpenAI trailing at 25%. This marks a significant shift from 2023, when OpenAI held 50% of the market and Anthropic just 12%.

The report highlights a steady decline in OpenAI’s enterprise usage over the past two years, as Anthropic's share has grown. Google has also seen a rise in enterprise adoption of its models, though specific figures were not disclosed.

In the enterprise coding segment, Anthropic’s lead is even more pronounced. The company now holds 42% of the market, double OpenAI’s 21%, making it the dominant provider in that category.

The launch of Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet in June 2024 was cited as a turning point in the company’s growth. The subsequent release of Claude 3.7 Sonnet in February 2025 further accelerated its adoption among enterprise users.

These findings confirm industry speculation that enterprises and startups increasingly favor Claude over OpenAI’s ChatGPT for development tasks. Despite this, OpenAI continues to dominate consumer usage, with over 2.5 billion daily prompts sent to ChatGPT, as reported last week.

The Menlo Ventures study also notes that enterprises overwhelmingly prefer closed models. Both Anthropic and OpenAI operate on closed-source frameworks. More than 50% of enterprises surveyed said they do not use open source models. In fact, only 13% of enterprise daily workloads involved open source models by mid-2025, a drop from 19% earlier in the year. Meta remains the leader in the open source LLM market.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/enterprises-prefer-anthropics-ai-models-over-anyone-elses-including-openais/

Anthropic Hits $3 Billion in Annualized Revenue Amid Rising AI Demand

May 31, 2025 - AI developer Anthropic has reached an annualized revenue run rate of $3 billion, according to two sources familiar with the company’s finances, marking a significant milestone for the generative AI sector in enterprise adoption.

The company’s projected revenue, calculated by extrapolating current sales over a year, has tripled since December 2024, when it stood at nearly $1 billion. Anthropic crossed the $2 billion threshold around late March and reached $3 billion by the end of May, one source said.

While OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been embraced by consumers, many enterprises are still in the experimentation phase with AI. Anthropic’s revenue growth reflects increasing demand from businesses for AI models delivered as a service, according to one of the sources.

Code Generation Drives Growth

A major factor behind Anthropic’s surge is its success in code generation. The San Francisco-based company, backed by Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and Amazon.com (AMZN.O), is renowned for AI models that excel in computer programming. Adoption of products in the codegen space, often powered by Anthropic’s technology, has accelerated significantly in recent months.

This demand positions Anthropic as a standout among software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors. The company’s rapid revenue climb is unprecedented, according to Meritech General Partner Alex Clayton, who said, “We’ve looked at the IPOs of over 200 public software companies, and this growth rate has never happened.” Clayton is not an Anthropic investor and has no inside knowledge of its sales.

By comparison, Snowflake took six quarters to move from $1 billion to $2 billion in run-rate revenue, Clayton noted. Anthropic’s consumer-facing Claude chatbot also contributes to its revenue, though its adoption trails OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In April, Claude’s web traffic was about 2% of ChatGPT’s, according to Similarweb.

Rivalry With OpenAI Intensifies

OpenAI, Anthropic’s chief competitor, is projected to close 2025 with over $12 billion in total revenue, up from $3.7 billion in 2024, three people familiar with the matter said. Unlike Anthropic’s run-rate metric, OpenAI’s figure represents total annual revenue.

The two companies appear to be diverging in focus. OpenAI is becoming more consumer-centric, with most revenue from ChatGPT subscriptions, while Anthropic is gaining traction in enterprise AI. OpenAI’s enterprise customer base has also grown, with ChatGPT Enterprise paying seats increasing to 3 million in May from 2 million in February. Notable clients include T-Mobile (TMUS.O) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N).

Founded in 2021 by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic raised $3.5 billion earlier this year, valuing the company at $61.4 billion. OpenAI’s current valuation stands at $300 billion.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-hits-3-billion-annualized-revenue-business-demand-ai-2025-05-30/