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Anthropic moves toward an IPO as bankers line up investor meetings

Anthropic pricing

Anthropic moved closer to a large IPO, with bankers arranging investor meetings; reported 3Q26 profit exceeded $1B.

CNBC (2026-07-15) reported Anthropic moving closer to a large IPO with bankers lining up investor meetings; SemiAnalysis (2026-07-07) reported 3Q26 profit above $1B.

Noted here as corporate context only. Anthropic’s published per-token rates and the Claude plan lineup are tracked on the page itself; no rate change is asserted from this coverage.

From Anthropic's pricing timeline
Claude Sonnet 5 launches — intro $2/$10 per 1M

Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 as the new production-standard Sonnet tier, priced at introductory $2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens through August 31, 2026, after which standard pricing of $3/$15 takes effect (matching the long-held Sonnet band). Batch pricing is $1/$5 (intro) then $1.50/$7.50. Sonnet 5 includes the full 1M-token context at standard rates and supersedes Sonnet 4.6. Fast mode for Opus 4.7 was deprecated (removal July 24, 2026) and Microsoft Foundry joined AWS as a CCU marketplace platform. Claude.ai consumer, Team, and Enterprise pricing is unchanged (Pro $17/$20, Team Standard $20/$25, Premium $100/$125).

About Anthropic
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Anthropic operates a freemium subscription stack (Claude.ai Free, Pro $17/mo annual, Max from $100/mo, Team from $20/seat/mo with a 2-seat minimum lowered from 5 in late July 2026, Enterprise custom) layered on a pure-usage API that spans Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5 per 1M), Sonnet 5 ($2/$10 — launched as introductory pricing in July 2026, now confirmed as Anthropic's permanent standard rate as of August 2026), Claude Opus 5 (the recommended default, priced level with Opus 4.8 at $5/$25), and a Fable 5 / Mythos 5 flagship band ($10/$50).

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Anthropic pricing history

  1. Aug 2026
    Sonnet 5 price hike cancelled — $2/$10 now permanent
  2. Jul 2026
    Claude Opus 5 launches — same $5/$25 rate as Opus 4.8
  3. Jul 2026
    Claude.ai Team minimum lowered from 5 seats to 2
  4. Jul 2026
    Claude Sonnet 5 launches — intro $2/$10 per 1M
  5. Jun 2026
    Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 + Fast mode + Managed Agents
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