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As of May 5, 2026
Hacker News mentions increased 38.2% over the last 30 days. Hacker News is discussion volume, not adoption.
Anthropic
TrendingAI safety company behind the Claude model family
Foundation ModelsFounded January 2021#2 of 17 in Foundation Models
Updated May 29, 2026
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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.
History
Research history
2 research updates
Foundation Models
Anthropic: Hacker News mentions increased 38.2% over the last 30 days
LatestFoundation Models
Anthropic: Hacker News mentions increased 45.9% over the last 30 days
1 metricLatest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
262.6M/30d
- npm
- 139.6M
- PyPI
- 123.1M
6 tracked packages in npm and PyPI
▲ +25%npm + PyPI: Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
17.5K
- npm
- 10.4K
- PyPI
- 7.0K
Projects depending on 6 tracked packages in npm and PyPI
npm + PyPI: Updated 9h ago
GitHub stars
3.5K
Main repository stars
Updated 9h ago
Hacker News
9.9K/30d
Position #1 in category discussion
Updated 9h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
Key-person riskSource: GitHub public event dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Minimum developers needed for half of recent code changes. Lower = higher concentration risk.Methodology →
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Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
0
Repository usage
Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Anthropic.
Repos importingMetric: Public GitHub repos using company packagesSource: ecosyste.ms Packages APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Public GitHub dependency data only; private repos and direct API use outside those packages are not visible.Methodology →
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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
Funding
$58.7B · 12 roundsRaised $58.7B total. Category position #2 of 17 in Foundation Models.
Series G2026
$30.0BFounders Fund, ICONIQ, GIC +4
Series F2025
$13.0BInsight Partners, ICONIQ, Fidelity +8
Series E2025
$3.5BMenlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Fidelity +4
Strategic Investment2024
$4.0BAmazon
Strategic Investment2024
$2.8BAmazon
Series D2024
$750MMenlo Ventures
Strategic Investment2023Google
$2.0BStrategic Investment2023
$1.3BAmazon
Series C2023
$450MGoogle, Spark Capital, Salesforce Ventures +3
Series B2023Google
$300MSeries A2022
$580MSeed2021
$124MJaan Tallinn, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt
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
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@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