[Digital Today reporter Chi-gyu Hwang] Anthropic’s AI coding tool Claude Code is spreading rapidly, centred on Silicon Valley.
The Information recently reported that after Anthropic carried out an upgrade to the Claude Opus 4.5 model, reliability and features improved significantly. It said Claude Code is being used for a range of purposes, including not only basic code generation but also data migration, bug fixes and prototype creation. Engineers, as well as some non-developers, are using it in real development work. It said even engineers at rival Google use Claude Code.
The Information said Claude Code is being rated as more flexible and compatible than coding tools based on OpenAI’s Codex. It added that AI coding services such as Cursor have also adopted Anthropic models.
Claude Code, which charges based on usage, has already surpassed $1 billion in annualised revenue.
Anthropic recently blocked some users from accessing Claude Code through applications such as OpenCode, sparking backlash among developers.
Chi-gyu Hwang
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