AI Launch Profile
Introducing Claude 4
Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, plus Claude Code general availability and new API capabilities for agents.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- 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
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Status
- Verified
- Source links
- 2
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: verified June 8, 2026
- Last verified
- June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 11, 2026
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Kingy AI Take
A top-tier launch for this hub because Claude 4 tied frontier models directly to developer-agent adoption.
Who it is for
Developers, enterprise teams, agent builders, researchers, and power users who need coding, reasoning, and long-running task performance.
What feels promising
Strong coding benchmarks, agent workflows, tool use during thinking, and a mature Claude Code product path.
What feels unproven
Sustained agent reliability and enterprise governance still need careful evaluation.
Traction notes
One of the most important 2025 coding and agent launches, with Claude Code becoming generally available.
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