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Saved Jan 12, 2026
Anthropic has restricted xAI's access to its Claude models used for coding, a move aimed at reducing competition. xAI cofounder Tony Wu acknowledged that while this will impact productivity, it will also drive their team to develop their own coding solutions.
- Anthropic revoked xAI's access to Claude models used for coding, reportedly to limit a competitor's capabilities.
- xAI cofounder acknowledged the cutoff will hurt productivity but frame it as motivation to build in-house coding tools.