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Meta and Microsoft Cut Internal Use of Anthropic Claude as Both Push Own AI Tools
Read this in the Market Flux appMeta and Microsoft are both actively reducing their internal reliance on Anthropic's Claude, according to a report from The Information published October 5. Microsoft has cut its internal Claude spending by more than a third, while the number of Meta employees using Claude Code has been halved as the company steered staff toward its own in-house AI tools.
The moves signal a broader strategic shift at two of the largest technology companies in the world, each seeking to rely less on third-party AI providers and more on proprietary models. For Anthropic, losing internal traction at Meta and Microsoft represents a meaningful setback, as enterprise adoption by major technology firms has been a key measure of Claude's commercial momentum.
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- Wallstengine$META & MICROSOFT ARE CUTTING INTERNAL CLAUDE USE AS THEY PUSH THEIR OWN AI TOOLS Meta and $MSFT, two major Anthropic customers, are reducing employee use of Claude, according to The Information. Microsoft had been on pace to spend at least $1B annually on internal Anthropic usage earlier this year, but has since cut that level by more than one-third. At Meta, Claude Code users have roughly halved to ~30,000 from ~60,000 earlier this year. Meanwhile: MetaCode users: 30,000+ Muse Code users: 6,000+ Meta still spent more than $105M on Claude Code over a recent 28-day period. Source: The Information
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- FINANCIERNEWS🤖 Microsoft, Meta Pull Staff Off Anthropic's Claude Code Microsoft and Meta are pushing employees to cut back on Anthropic's Claude Code, with Meta's usage reportedly down nearly half. $MSFT
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- PolymarketJUST IN: Meta is reportedly scaling back internal use of Anthropic’s Claude, increasingly pushing employees to use MetaCode & Muse Code instead.