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Anthropic

https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code

The tool that made long-horizon agentic coding practically viable.

Key data points:

  • Launch: August 2025
  • $1B ARR: Reached 6 months post-launch (February 2026)
  • Self-written: 90% of Claude Code’s codebase is written by Claude Code itself (Boris Cherny, Anthropic)
  • GitHub penetration: 4% of public GitHub commits as of February 2026
  • Projection: Anthropic projects >20% of all GitHub commits by end of 2026
  • Inflection point: Claude 3.5 Sonnet was described as the model that enabled “sustainable coherent work” in long-horizon agentic coding

Boris Cherny (Claude Code lead): “I haven’t personally written code in months.”