10 verified data points · Updated May 2026

Claude Code Statistics

Anthropic's terminal-native AI coding agent. Backed by a $380B parent company. General availability since May 2025.

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Company & funding

2021

Anthropic founded

Founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jared Kaplan, Jack Clark, Chris Olah, Ben Mann, Sam McCandlish, and Tom Brown.

Source: Wikipedia · 2021

San Francisco

Headquarters

500 Howard Street, San Francisco, California.

Source: Wikipedia · 2026

2,500

Employees (2026)

Headcount as of 2026.

Source: Wikipedia · 2026

$30B

Series G (Feb 2026)

Series G funding raised in February 2026.

Source: Wikipedia · Feb 2026

$380B

Valuation (Feb 12, 2026)

Anthropic valuation reported on February 12, 2026.

Source: Wikipedia · Feb 2026

Usage & adoption

May 2025

Claude Code general availability

Claude Code transitioned from research preview to general availability in May 2025.

Source: Wikipedia · May 2025

Feb 5, 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 release

Most recent flagship Anthropic model behind Claude Code.

Source: Wikipedia · Feb 2026

Feb 17, 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6 release

Most recent fast-tier model used by Claude Code.

Source: Wikipedia · Feb 2026

Security incidents & research

89.5%

AI-built apps with vulnerabilities (industry-wide)

SusVibes peer-reviewed research found only 10.5% of vibe-coded apps were secure across studied platforms.

Source: SusVibes (arXiv:2512.03262) · Dec 2025

98%

AI-built apps missing basic protections

Tenzai's audit of popular AI coding agents found 98% of resulting apps shipped without basic security controls.

Source: Tenzai · 2025

Reports & research

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