Anthropic Says 30,000 Internal Agents Now Do R&D Concurrently, Leading a Quarter of Its Own Work

Anthropic reports that roughly 30,000 internal agents were performing research and engineering work at the same time in August, with Claude now leading 26% of its internal AI R&D end-to-end.

Anthropic has offered its clearest numbers yet on how much of its own work is now done by its own models. Roughly 30,000 internal agents were doing research and engineering work concurrently in August, according to @marcopapa99. Separately, an Anthropic 'R&D Automation Index' cited by @mikogen claims that Claude now 'leads' 26% of the company's internal AI R&D work end-to-end.

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