The Evolution of Claude
From the first release to the anticipated Claude 5
Anthropic's first public model, introducing constitutional AI principles and setting a new standard for helpful, harmless, and honest AI.
Major upgrade with improved reasoning, longer context windows, and enhanced coding capabilities. Gained significant traction among developers.
Revolutionary three-model approach (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) offering different price-performance trade-offs. Set new benchmarks across the board.
Surprise release delivering Opus-level performance at Sonnet pricing. Widely regarded as the best coding model available.
Continued evolution with enhanced reasoning capabilities and improved performance across benchmarks. Maintained Anthropic's focus on safety and reliability.
Game-changing release achieving 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified—the highest score ever. Crowned 'the world's best coding model' with 30+ hour focus windows.
The next frontier. Expected to feature near-AGI reasoning, 500K-1M token context windows, and even stronger agentic capabilities based on historical patterns.
Timeline based on public announcements and community speculation. Claude 5 release date is estimated.