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Anthropic

Anthropic is the San Francisco company behind the Claude family of models, Claude Code and the Claude developer platform. It is organized as a public benefit corporation and presents AI safety research as central to its business, a claim this page tracks against what it actually ships and discloses.

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Checked Oct 8
First public announcement
May 28, 2021 ($124M funding round)
MCP announced
November 25, 2024
MCP donated to Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation)
December 9, 2025

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Models · AnalysisDo AI labs really ship 'mini' models first? What the release record since 2024 showsAcross 32 small-vs-flagship pairings from six labs, the small model came first only five times. Here's what really drives the timing, and the price war at the bottom.·9 min readProducts · ExplainerThe Claude app, explained: plans, models, Cowork and how usage limits workClaude now covers chat, the Cowork agent, a Chrome extension and Claude Code under one subscription. Here's what each plan gets in October 2026.·7 min readAgents · ExplainerClaude Code mods, explained: what Anthropic's new extension layer can do, where it runs, and the security trade-offSince October 1, 2026, Claude Code can load JavaScript and TypeScript 'mods' that redraw its interface, rewrite prompts and approve tool calls. What Anthropic's docs say they can do, and what they can reach.·8 min readDevelopers · ExplainerModel routing explained: how to mix cheap, mid and frontier modelsSending every request to a frontier model can cost 40 times more than it needs to. How routers, cascades and advisor patterns work, and what vendors actually offer.·8 min readModels · GuideWhich Claude model should you use? The current lineup and official pricesOpus 5.5 is Anthropic's default pick, Haiku 5.5 (October 7, 2026) is far cheaper than Haiku 4.5, and Fable 5.1 is for the hardest jobs. The verified lineup, every price, and how to choose.·9 min readDevelopers · GuideBuild your first agent with the Claude Agent SDK (TypeScript, October 2026)Install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk, call query(), lock down tools and permission modes, add a custom MCP tool and a safety hook, and cap spend. Code type-checked against v0.3.293.·7 min readIndustry · ExplainerAnthropic explained: history, products and how it makes moneyFounded in 2021 by former OpenAI staff, Anthropic was valued at $965 billion in May 2026. Here's how it's governed, funded and paid, and what's unresolved.·9 min readResearch · ExplainerHow to read a system card: a builder's guide to AI safety documentationSystem cards run to hundreds of pages. What the sections mean, which safety frameworks they report against, how to read eval tables critically, and a checklist.·7 min readResearch · ExplainerContext windows vs memory vs RAG: what each one actually doesA 1M-token window, a chatbot that "remembers you" and a retrieval pipeline solve different problems. Here's how each works and when to use which.·7 min readAgents · ExplainerWhat "agentic" really means in 2026Every AI product now calls itself agentic. Here's the definition the labs themselves use, how the tool loop works, and how to tell a real agent from a relabeled chatbot.·6 min read

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