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AI safety company behind Claude. OpenAI's main competitor.
Founded by: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown
Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.
According to AI-Buzz, Anthropic ranks #1 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 34.3% of HN discussion), with 21% positive developer sentiment (200 HN comments analyzed), with 9 commits/week (accelerating), with 24,733,692 npm downloads in 30 days, with 53,948,636 PyPI downloads in 30 days.
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Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →
Description
AI safety company behind Claude. OpenAI's main competitor.
Estimated Company Size
501 - 1000 employees
Website
anthropic.comFounded
2021
Description
Anthropic builds AI with a focus on safety and reliability. Claude is their flagship model, competing with GPT-4. Raised $7.3B total including $4B from Amazon. Valued at $18B+.
Community engagement metrics that indicate developer traction and interest.
Last updated: 1 day ago
Mentions in HN discussions. Source: Hacker News Algolia API.
Sentiment analysis of Hacker News comments only. Does not include Reddit, Discord, or other platforms.
Total stars indicate project popularity and developer adoption.
Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.
Weekly commit activity indicates ongoing development momentum and team productivity.
Package download volume indicates real-world adoption and integration into production projects.
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders
Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.
About 12% of US teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice
General-purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.
With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic
While some dual investors are understandable, others were more shocking, and signal the disregard of a longstanding ethical conflict-of-interest rule.
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude’s AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China’s AI progress.
Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense discussion over the military's use of Claude. Hegseth has threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk."
A family of large language models designed for helpful, honest, and harmless AI interactions, available in various performance tiers like Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.
Developer interface providing programmatic access to Anthropic's Claude models for integration into applications and services.
A web-based platform allowing users to directly interact with Anthropic's Claude models for conversational AI tasks.
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