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Windsurf says Anthropic is limiting its direct access to Claude AI models
The CEO of Windsurf, a popular AI-assisted coding tool, said Anthropic is limiting its direct access to certain AI models.
“We’re prioritizing capacity for sustainable partnerships that allow us to effectively serve the broader developer community,” said Anthropic spokesperson Steve Mnich in an email to TechCrunch on Tuesday, noting that it’s still possible to access Claude on Windsurf via an API key. Windsurf has grown quickly this year, reaching$100 million ARR in April, in an attempt to catch up with more popular AI coding tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Ronald Mannak, a startup founder that specializes in Apple’s programming language, Swift, told TechCrunch that Claude 4 represented a significant jump in capabilities for his workloads.
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