AI Launch Profile
Claude Opus 4.5 launches as Anthropic’s frontier agentic model update
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 as a frontier Claude model update with emphasis on advanced reasoning, coding, and agentic work.

At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Anthropic
- Launch date
- November 24, 2025
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Agents, AI Coding Tools, AI Productivity Tools
- Audience
- Developers, Enterprises
- Pricing
- Anthropic API and Claude plan pricing; exact cost depends on model access and usage tier.
- Free plan
- No
- API
- Yes
- Open weights/source
- No
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Verification & Sources
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
- Source links
- 2
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: checked June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 8, 2026
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Kingy AI Take
A relevant model launch because the strongest Claude tier often becomes the default choice for demanding agent tasks.
Who it is for
Teams that need Anthropic’s strongest model tier for complex coding, planning, analysis, and agent workflows.
What feels promising
Opus releases tend to matter for long-horizon reasoning and complex tool-use workflows where cheaper models stall.
What feels unproven
Frontier model cost and latency can make it a selective tool rather than a default for every agent step.
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