Anthropic\'s AI service Claude is rapidly expanding paid subscriptions in the U.S. consumer market, an analysis showed. Consumer transaction analytics firm Indagari, citing anonymised credit-card data from about 28 million Americans, found paid subscribers hit a record high this year. An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed paid subscribers have more than doubled. Growth was strongest between January and February, with February re-subscriptions also at a record.

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