Anthropic announced on February 17, 2026 that it signed a three-year MOU with the Government of Rwanda to expand AI use across health, education, and public-sector systems. The company describes it as its first formal multi-sector government MOU on the African continent.
Anthropic announced new financial-services-focused Claude offerings on February 13, 2026. The launch includes KYC analysis, SEC/FINRA compliance workflows, and agentic branch operations, with early adopters including AIG, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, iA Financial Group, and Norges Bank Investment Management.
A high-scoring r/artificial post cites Axios reporting that Claude may have been used during a U.S. military operation. The dispute highlights a broader tension between defense usage demands and provider safety constraints.
Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 4.6 with a 1M token context window (beta), stronger coding/computer-use performance, and unchanged API pricing at $3/$15 per million tokens.
Anthropic launched its Transparency Hub on February 17, 2026, consolidating model/system cards, safeguards documentation, model release notes, and capability overviews. The company says release notes now track every model release from Claude 3.7 Sonnet onward.
Anthropic announced Claude Sonnet 4.6 on February 17, 2026, positioning it as a full upgrade across coding, computer use, and long-context reasoning. The model becomes default for Free/Pro users and keeps Sonnet 4.5 API pricing at $3/$15 per million tokens.
Anthropic announced a strategic partnership and investment with Zoom on February 17, 2026. The plan centers on integrating Claude models more deeply into Zoom AI Companion and broader AI-first collaboration workflows for enterprise users.
Anthropic and Infosys announced a collaboration on February 17, 2026 to build enterprise AI agents for telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and software workflows. The partnership combines Claude and Claude Code with Infosys Topaz and emphasizes governance and transparency for regulated sectors.
Anthropic announced on February 13, 2026 that Chris Liddell has joined its board of directors. Liddell previously served as CFO at Microsoft, General Motors, and International Paper, and as Deputy White House Chief of Staff.
Anthropic announced on February 2, 2026 that it is partnering with the Allen Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) on AI-enabled life-science workflows. The stated goal is to reduce analysis bottlenecks and improve transparent, interpretable scientific reasoning.
On February 16, 2026, Anthropic announced the opening of its Bengaluru office and a broad partnership expansion across enterprise, education, agriculture, and public-sector use cases in India. The company positioned India as Claude.ai's second-largest market and highlighted concrete deployment metrics.
On February 12, 2026, Anthropic announced a $30 billion Series G round at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The company said the capital will support frontier research, product development, and infrastructure expansion.