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Introducing Claude 4

Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, plus Claude Code general availability and new API capabilities for agents.

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Company: Anthropic
Launch date: May 22, 2025
Launch type: Model Release
Category: AI Coding Tools
Audience: Developers, Enterprises, Operators, Researchers
Pricing: Available on Claude paid plans and API/cloud partners, with Sonnet 4 also available to free users per Anthropic launch notes.
Free plan: Yes
API: Yes
Open weights/source: No

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A top-tier launch for this hub because Claude 4 tied frontier models directly to developer-agent adoption.

Developers, enterprise teams, agent builders, researchers, and power users who need coding, reasoning, and long-running task performance.

Strong coding benchmarks, agent workflows, tool use during thinking, and a mature Claude Code product path.

Sustained agent reliability and enterprise governance still need careful evaluation.

One of the most important 2025 coding and agent launches, with Claude Code becoming generally available.

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