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Anthropic

Anthropic is an American AI research and products company founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI members, prominently led by siblings Dario Amodei (CEO) and Daniela Amodei (President). The company is structured as a Public Benefit Corporation with a core mission to ensure that artificial intelligence is developed and deployed responsibly, serving humanity's long-term well-being. Anthropic places a strong emphasis on AI safety, conducting research into making AI systems more steerable, interpretable, honest, and harmless. Their flagship product is Claude, a family of large language models designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest, and a direct competitor to other leading AI models. Anthropic's approach includes innovative techniques like "Constitutional AI" to align its models with human values. The company has attracted significant investment from major tech players and is actively involved in shaping AI policy.

Products by this company

Claude

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant powered by advanced language models, designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest in conversations and tasks.

Claude API

Claude API provides developers with programmatic access to Anthropic's Claude models for building AI-powered applications and services.

Model Context Protocol

Open standard protocol for AI-data integration. MCP is an open-source protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external data sources and tools. It enables developers to build secure, two-way connections between AI models and various systems like databases, APIs, and development environments. Think of it as "USB-C for AI applications" - providing a universal way to connect AI models to different data sources without custom integrations for each use case.

Claude Code

Claude Code is an AI-powered coding assistant that operates directly in your terminal. It embeds different models and provides deep codebase awareness with the ability to edit files, run commands, and understand entire projects. The tool can search million-line codebases instantly, automate debugging workflows, handle complex multi-step tasks, and integrate with GitHub for version control. It's designed to transform development time from hours to minutes for many common coding tasks.