Anthropic cuts Windsurf's Claude AI access with 5 days notice as OpenAI's $3B acquisition looms. Latest AI coding market competition news and analysis.
the logo of “Claude,” an AI language model by Anthropic, with the company’s logo visible in the background, illustrating the rapid development and adoption of generative AI technologies, on December 29, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Artificial Intelligence has become a cornerstone of China’s strategic ambitions, with the government aiming to establish the country as a global leader in AI by 2030. direct access to Claude 3.
"We have been very clear to Anthropic that this is not our desire - we wanted to pay them for the full capacity," Mohan wrote. "We are disappointed by this decision and short notice." The restriction has caused temporary availability issues for Windsurf users, though the company says Windsurf users can access Claude via bring-your-own-key.on May 6 that OpenAI agreed to buy Windsurf for approximately $3 billion, marking what would be OpenAI’s largest acquisition to date. The deal has not yet closed.
Industry observers suggest Anthropic’s timing is strategic, aimed at preventing a competitor from accessing Claude's capabilities to enhance OpenAI's models. Other AI coding platforms maintain their Claude access, highlighting the targeted nature of the restriction.To mitigate the impact from Anthropic’s models, Windsurf has promoted alternative models including Gemini 2.5 Pro at a reduced 0.75x rate. The platform’s GPT-4.1 and other model integrations remain unaffected.
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