AI Launch Profile
Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code
Anthropic launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet as a hybrid reasoning model and introduced Claude Code, an agentic command-line coding tool, in research preview.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Anthropic
- Launch date
- February 24, 2025
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Coding Tools
- Audience
- Developers, Enterprises, Researchers
- Pricing
- The access terms described here belong to the February 2025 launch. Anthropic retired Claude 3.7 Sonnet (claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219) on February 19, 2026 from its operated API platforms. The API status below refers to those platforms; Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud set separate retirement schedules. Current Claude app access and free-plan availability for these exact models are not established by the launch announcement.
- Free plan
- Not publicly confirmed
- API
- No
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
- Source links
- 4
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: checked June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 11, 2026
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Kingy Launch Score
7.2 / 10 · Solid
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Why this score
- Source & verification 7.5/10 — The Anthropic launch post, the Claude Code docs, and the extended-thinking research page — three first-party sources. anthropic.com
- Product evidence 7.5/10 — A hybrid reasoning model plus Claude Code, an agentic command-line coding tool in research preview, with API and plan access. code.claude.com
- Significance & novelty 7.0/10 — The record frames it as an anchor AI coding launch linking model capability, developer tooling, and the rise of coding agents. anthropic.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 6.5/10 — Available through Claude plans, the Anthropic API, and cloud partners with model-specific pricing and Claude Code access rules. anthropic.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-11
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Kingy AI Take
Anthropic launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet and introduced Claude Code in a limited research preview in February 2025. Anthropic retired claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 on February 19, 2026. This is a historical model-and-tool launch record; model retirement does not mean that the separate Claude Code product has closed. Partner-operated platform schedules differ.
Who it is for
Developers, engineering teams, technical founders, enterprise builders, and researchers who need coding help, reasoning, and terminal-native agent workflows.
Traction notes
This is one of the hub's anchor AI coding records because it links model capability, developer tooling, and the rise of coding agents.
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