Anthropic launches Claude Pro paid subscription at $20/month
Anthropic introduced Claude Pro, a paid subscription tier for Claude.ai at $20/month (US) or £18/month (UK), initially available in the US and UK. Subscribers receive 5x more usage of Claude 2 compared to the free tier, priority access during high-traffic periods, and early access to new features. The launch marks Anthropic's first consumer monetization move for its chat product, following the July 2023 Claude.ai launch.
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Anthropic launches Claude in Canada with full product suite
Anthropic expanded Claude's availability to Canada as of June 5, 2024, offering access to Claude.ai, the iOS app, the API, and the Team plan. Canadian users can subscribe to Claude Pro at CA$28/month for access to the Claude 3 model family (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) with 5x usage limits. The expansion is a geographic rollout with no new technical capabilities announced.
Anthropic launches Claude.ai, iOS app, and Team plan in Europe
Anthropic has made Claude available to European users and businesses, including the Claude.ai web interface, iOS app, and Team plan, following the earlier EU launch of the Claude API. The rollout covers Claude 3 model family access with multilingual support for French, German, Spanish, Italian, and other European languages. Pricing is set at €18/month for Claude Pro and €28/user/month for the Team plan. This expands Anthropic's commercial footprint into a major regulated market.
Claude launches in Brazil with consumer and API access
Anthropic has made Claude available in Brazil, offering access via Claude.ai, Android and iOS mobile apps, and the Anthropic API. Pricing is localized in Brazilian reais, with Pro and Team plans at R$110 and R$165 per user per month respectively. The launch extends Claude's geographic footprint into a major Latin American market.
Anthropic launches Claude publicly with two model tiers after closed alpha
Anthropic announced the public launch of Claude on March 14, 2023, following a closed alpha with partners including Notion, Quora, and DuckDuckGo. The release introduced two model variants — Claude (high-performance) and Claude Instant (lighter and faster) — accessible via chat interface and API. Early partners reported Claude produced fewer harmful outputs and was more steerable than competing models, with deployments spanning education, legal tech, productivity, and search.
Introducing ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Plus, a paid subscription tier for ChatGPT priced at $20/month. The plan offers subscribers faster response times, priority access during peak periods, and early access to new features. This marks OpenAI's first direct consumer monetization of ChatGPT following its rapid growth after the November 2022 launch.
Anthropic Launches Claude Partner Network with $100M Commitment
Anthropic is launching the Claude Partner Network, backed by an initial $100 million investment for 2026, to support organizations helping enterprises adopt Claude. The program includes training resources, dedicated technical support, joint market development funds, a new Claude Certified Architect certification, and a Code Modernization starter kit. Anthropic is also scaling its partner-facing team fivefold and opening a Services Partner Directory for enterprise buyers. Major consulting firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and Infosys are cited as early participants, with Accenture training 30,000 professionals on Claude.
Anthropic Offers Claude Enterprise and Government Access to All Three U.S. Government Branches for $1
Anthropic is offering Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government to all three branches of the U.S. federal government — executive, legislative, and judiciary — for $1 for one year, removing cost barriers to AI adoption. The offer includes FedRAMP High-certified models, continuous frontier model updates, and technical support, accessible via existing GSA schedule procurement and infrastructure partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud, and Palantir. Existing government deployments cited include a $200M DoD agreement, 10,000 daily users at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a DC Department of Health multilingual services deployment. Anthropic is calling on other AI companies to make similar commitments to U.S. government access.
Anthropic launches Projects feature for Claude.ai Pro and Team users
Anthropic introduced Projects for Claude.ai Pro and Team subscribers, allowing users to organize chats with curated knowledge bases, custom instructions, and a 200K context window per project. The feature also includes Artifacts (a side-by-side content generation and preview pane) and team-level conversation sharing via activity feeds. Projects are powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet and include a privacy commitment that shared data will not be used for model training without explicit consent.