Anthropic started charging for API access in early 2023, reached a $1 billion run rate by the end of 2024, launched Claude Code in February 2025, reached $4 billion by mid-2025, $9 billion by end of 2025, and $30 billion by April 2026.

Anthropic is described as a multi-billion dollar, near trillion dollar company.

Anthropic is creating entire features in days, not weeks, in early 2026.

Anthropic requires users to pay for third-party harnesses or agents when using Claude.

Anthropic integrated the Claude Code desktop app into the traditional Claude app, alongside Claude chat and Claude Co-work.

Anthropic is transitioning its enterprise customers from flat-rate seats to per-token billing.