VentureBeat March 11, 2025
While consumer attention has focused on the generative AI battles between OpenAI and Google, Anthropic has executed a disciplined enterprise strategy centered on coding — potentially the most valuable enterprise AI use case. The results are becoming increasingly clear: Claude is positioning itself as the LLM that matters most for businesses.
The evidence? Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, released just two weeks ago, set new benchmark records for coding performance. Simultaneously, the company launched Claude Code, a command-line AI agent that helps developers build applications faster. Meanwhile, Cursor — an AI-powered code editor that defaults to Anthropic’s Claude model — has surged to a reported $100 million in annual recurring revenue in just 12 months.
Anthropic’s deliberate focus on coding...