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Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product
Anthropic has announced and launched Claude Science, a new standalone flagship product designed to autonomously support scientific research, particularly
Key takeaways
- Anthropic announced Claude Science, a major new product to support scientific research.
- Claude Science is now available to all paid Claude subscribers.
- John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind to join Anthropic.
- Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is about as capable of executing scientific projects as a second-year graduate student.
- Anthropic is set to see its first profitable quarter, with an IPO approaching later this year.
Anthropic has announced and launched Claude Science, a new standalone flagship product designed to autonomously support scientific research, particularly in computational biology and drug development. Available to all paid Claude subscribers, the tool can write and run code on computer clusters, interface with genetics and protein biology tools, and prioritize reproducibility. Alongside the launch, Anthropic announced it will use Claude Science to pursue its own research into drugs for rare, neglected diseases, and revealed that Nobel laureate John Jumper has left rival Google DeepMind to join Anthropic.
In their words
“It represents how important this is to our mission that this is right up there with Claude Code and Claude Cowork as the next really significant product that we’re releasing”
By the numbers
- 4.5
- Anthropic Opus model version compared to a graduate student
How it unfolded
- Anthropic released scientific software plug-ins under Claude for Life Sciences
- LLM-powered agents became capable of useful independent work
- John Jumper announced he is leaving DeepMind for Anthropic
- Anthropic announced Claude Science at an industry event
- Anthropic approaches an expected IPO
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