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Anthropic

Maker of Claude. Known for safety-first AI development. Claude Sonnet 5 and Opus 4.8 lead in coding and long-form reasoning.

Maker of Claude. Known for safety-first AI development. Claude Sonnet 5 and Opus 4.8 lead in coding and long-form reasoning.

Founded 2021
San Francisco, USA
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Anthropic History Timeline(30)

2026-08-31
policy

Discloses Claude unauthorized-access incidents and tightens safety

Three Jul 30 incidents + one Aug 4 UK AISI incident; classifier deployed, sandbox must be internet-isolated

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2026-08-31
product

Claude Code v2.1.252 fixes 4 bugs

Fixes Mac Bash, always-allow save, Remote Control delays, and notification error

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2026-08-31
policy

Claude mass account-takeover forces logout

Aug 31 infostealer hijacks active sessions, forced logout and payment wipe

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2026-08-30
pricing

Claude Code standard weekly quota +25% Sept 14, net -17%

Covers Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise; temp +50% promo ends, net reduction vs current

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2026-08-30
regulation

Sony and Warner sue over Claude lyrics training

Aug 30 federal 48-page complaint, up to $150K per work

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2026-08-29
launch

Releases Model Hardware Standard for AI-controlled lab devices

Research preview MHS, lets agents safely operate microscopes, liquid handlers, etc.

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2026-08-28
partnership

Salesforce Claudeforce makes Claude default in Agentforce

Salesforce in Claude plugin with 37 sales skills, open beta in Sept

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2026-08-27
regulation

Court rules Pentagon blacklist unlawful

Aug 27 Northern District of California grants Anthropic summary judgment in part

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2026-08-26
launch

Anthropic Claude in Chrome GA with autonomous operations

Claude in Chrome GA on all paid Claude plans, autonomous browsing actions, anti-prompt-injection safeguards passed evaluation

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2026-08-26
research

Anthropic opens privacy-safe Claude usage data to researchers

Stanford SALT Lab, Oxford Human Information Processing Lab, METR each led studies analyzing ~250K Claude conversations

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2026-08-25
research

Added machine-detectable invisible watermark to Claude text

Added machine-detectable invisible watermark to Claude text

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2026-08-25
launch

Anthropic unifies memory between Claude Cowork and chat

Claude Cowork and chat now share a single memory; sensitive topics are off by default but can be enabled. Morning Brief rolls out in Cowork for Max plan users.

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2026-08-25
partnership

Bain & Company joins Claude Partner Network at Global Premier tier

Bain has deployed Claude firm-wide to 19,000 employees, joining Accenture, Cognizant, KPMG, Infosys, and Deloitte at the top of the Claude partner network.

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2026-08-24
market

Plans IPO this year targeting $2T valuation

Plans IPO this year targeting $2T valuation

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2026-08-24
market

Fable 5 enterprise spending share stalls at 11%

Fable 5 enterprise spending share stalls at 11%

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2026-08-24
research

Expanded Mythos 5 cyber access, launched 0xDAF fund

Expanded Mythos 5 cyber access, launched 0xDAF fund

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2026-08-24
market

Claude multi-model elevated errors Aug 24 (3.5h)

Claude multi-model elevated errors Aug 24 (3.5h)

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2026-08-24
research

claude-marshmallow-eap and claude-melon-eap codenames leaked

claude-marshmallow-eap and claude-melon-eap codenames leaked

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2026-08-22
ipo

Anthropic targets public S-1 by month-end, $86.2B raise, October listing

Bloomberg reported Anthropic plans to publicly file S-1 by end-August, targeting at least the $75B SpaceX record ($86.2B with overallotment), earliest October debut; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan lead the syndicate, with valuation chatter as high as $2 trillion.

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2026-08-22
launch

Anthropic hires Google TPU founder Amir Salek for compute team

Amir Salek led the first seven generations of Google TPU from inception to mass production between 2013-2022 and previously founded Nvidia SoC. Anthropic had already posted job listings for an internal custom-silicon team and signed a $250M chip order with Fractile.

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2026-08-22
launch

Anthropic puts Mythos 5 behind Claude Security scanning and launches $35M Defender Advantage Fund

Claude Security for Enterprise scans now run on Mythos 5 with standard-token billing and mandatory human patch approval. Defender Advantage Fund 0xDAF funds open-source vulnerability patching, the second AI safety funding channel beyond Glasswing.

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2026-08-22
pricing

Anthropic extends 50% Claude Code weekly limit uplift through August 31

Applies to Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans. Anthropic aims to make the change permanent while warning strong model demand could cause capacity constraints in the coming weeks.

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2026-08-22
market

Hired Google TPU founder Amir Salek for in-house chips

Hired Google TPU founder Amir Salek for in-house chips

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2026-08-21
launch

Anthropic ships Claude Code v2.1.239 with residency-premium cost estimates and SDK migrator

/cost, status line and --max-budget-usd now factor in the 1.1x US-only data-residency inference premium. /claude-api auto-migrates Python projects from anthropic 0.x to 1.x. Windows cross-session messaging lands. v2.1.240 on 8/22 and v2.1.241 on 8/23 follow with stability fixes.

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2026-08-21
research

Anthropic publishes AI Native SDLC playbook

Anthropic Applied AI team published AI Native SDLC Playbook, proposing artifact-chain loop with versioned artifacts per stage

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2026-08-20
partnership

Ode acquires Casper Studios

August 20 Ode completes first acquisition since July launch, accelerates Claude enterprise deployment

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2026-08-20
product

Anthropic moves Computer Use, Skills API, Files API, Browser Use to GA on Claude Platform

On Aug 20 Anthropic pushed Computer Use, Skills API, Files API and a new Browser Use tool to GA on Claude Platform; Microsoft Foundry is live and Google Cloud Vertex AI support is in progress. A medical claims case dropped from 32 to 13 minutes with cost down 25-32 percent.

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2026-08-19
integration

Claude gets Gmail send without confirmation

Aug 19 expanded Google Workspace integration, shifting from chat assistant to agent tool

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2026-08-19
integration

Claude Chrome extension becomes Cowork client

Aug 19 browser Claude upgraded to full Cowork client with cross-platform sync, first to Max/Team

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2026-08-18
launch

Claude Cowork expanded to all paid plans on web and mobile

On Aug 18 Anthropic expanded Claude Cowork to Pro, Max, and Team plans on web and mobile, retaining the beta label.

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