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Anthropic

AI safety company behind the Claude model family

Foundation ModelsFounded January 2021#2 of 17 in Foundation Models

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Metric
+50.7%PyPI dependents
Measured values
8.1K vs 5.4KJul 12 vs Apr 13
Sources
2 sourcesLibraries.io API + Sifted · as of July 13, 2026
Cited source
SiftedAnthropic release puts science startups on the defensive · Jul 2

In a Sifted article, "Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive"; separately, Anthropic's PyPI dependents increased 50.7% over the last 90 days, with Libraries.io data through Jul 12.

What this does not prove: Does not show install volume, runtime use, paid use, customer count, revenue, market share, product quality, or code that depends on the package outside indexed PyPI metadata.

Metric receipt (2 sources)

Measured public metric

  • Libraries.io API: Anthropic PyPI dependents · July 12, 2026

Cited source

  • Sifted: Anthropic release puts science startups on the defensive · July 2, 2026
Metric
PyPI dependents
Observed window
Last 90 days (2026-04-13 to 2026-07-12)
Comparison
Compared with the prior reading
Start value
5,399 on 2026-04-13
End value
8,134 on 2026-07-12
Calculation
((8,134 - 5,399) / 5,399) * 100 = +50.7%
Metric receipt
Retained AI-Buzz metric receipt; not externally reproducible from a single public URL.
Relationship
Cited sources provide context and do not prove they caused the measured metric change.

Additional measured changes

  1. npm dependents increased 99.4% over the last 90 days.

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Company profile

What is Anthropic?

Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and the Claude API platform, with a focus on AI safety research. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers including Dario and Daniela Amodei.

Latest company data

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npm downloads
PyPI downloads
npm dependents
PyPI dependents
GitHub stars
Hacker News mentions

Key metric

Package downloads (30d)

326.7M/30d

npm
173.8M
PyPI
152.9M

6 tracked packages in npm and PyPI

Tracked packages

▲ +4%

Additional metrics

3 metrics

Metric

Dependent projects

20.2K

npm
12.1K
PyPI
8.1K

Projects depending on 6 tracked packages in npm and PyPI

Tracked packages

Metric

GitHub stars

3.7K

Main repository stars

Metric

Hacker News

11.1K/30d

Position #1 in category discussion

Repository health

Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.

Key-person risk
1
Releases (30d)
0

Repository usage

Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Anthropic.

Repos importing
3.7K0%

Hiring mentions

Mentions of Anthropic in recent Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.

Hiring mentions (monthly)
27

About Anthropic

Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and the Claude API platform, with a focus on AI safety research. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers including Dario and Daniela Amodei.

FoundersDario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown

Disclosed funding

Disclosed $58.7B · 12 rounds

Disclosed funding records total $58.7B. Category position #2 of 17 in Foundation Models.

Series G2026

Founders Fund, ICONIQ, GIC +4

$30.0B
Series F2025

Insight Partners, ICONIQ, Fidelity +8

$13.0B
Series E2025

Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Fidelity +4

$3.5B
Strategic Investment2024

Amazon

$4.0B
Strategic Investment2024

Amazon

$2.8B
Series D2024

Menlo Ventures

$750M
Strategic Investment2023

Google

$2.0B
Strategic Investment2023

Amazon

$1.3B
Series C2023

Google, Spark Capital, Salesforce Ventures +3

$450M
Series B2023

Google

$300M
Series A2022
$580M
Seed2021

Jaan Tallinn, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt

$124M

Investors

AmazonBessemer Venture PartnersBlackRockCoatueD. E. Shaw VenturesDragoneerDustin MoskovitzEric SchmidtFidelityFounders FundGeneral AtlanticGeneral CatalystGICGoldman SachsGoogleICONIQInsight PartnersJaan TallinnJane StreetLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo VenturesMGXSalesforce VenturesSK TelecomSound VenturesSpark CapitalTPGZoom Ventures

Tracked packages (6)

5 npm, 1 PyPI

@anthropic-ai/sdk

npmMain npm package

@anthropic-ai/sdk

AI safety company behind the Claude model family

anthropic

PyPIMain PyPI package

anthropic

AI safety company behind the Claude model family

@anthropic-ai/bedrock-sdk

npm

@anthropic-ai/bedrock-sdk

TypeScript client for Anthropic via AWS Bedrock

@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk

npm

@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk

SDK for building AI agents with Claude

@anthropic-ai/claude-code

npm

@anthropic-ai/claude-code

CLI tool for using Claude from the terminal

@anthropic-ai/vertex-sdk

npm

@anthropic-ai/vertex-sdk

TypeScript client for Anthropic via Google Vertex AI