Recently, Jared Kaplan, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Anthropic, revealed in an interview with TechCrunch the reasons behind the company's decision to restrict Windsurf's access to its Claude AI model.
This move came after rumors spread about OpenAI's plans to acquire Windsurf for $3 billion. Kaplan stated, "Our real goal is to support clients who can collaborate with us in the long term, rather than serving short-term customers."
Kaplan further explained that Anthropic has already cut off direct access from Windsurf to its Claude3.5Sonnet and Claude3.7Sonnet programming AI models. Behind this decision lies not only uncertainty about Windsurf's future prospects but also the company's current resource constraints. Anthropic aims to concentrate its limited computing resources on clients with whom it has established long-term partnerships.
Despite cutting ties with Windsurf, Kaplan disclosed that Anthropic plans to significantly increase the variety of AI models available to users and developers in the coming months. He mentioned that the company has just begun unlocking new computing clusters from Amazon, which are large in scale and still expanding, allowing them to serve more clients in the future.
In discussing the relationship with Windsurf, Kaplan emphasized that he is collaborating with other companies developing AI coding tools, including Cursor. He expects this collaboration with Cursor to be long-term and noted that there is no competitive relationship between them, as Cursor is also working on developing its own AI models.
At the same time, Kaplan mentioned that Anthropic's R&D focus is gradually shifting toward developing its own AI coding products, such as Claude Code, rather than traditional chatbots. He believes that chatbots have limitations in use, while AI agents are more helpful to users in the long run.
Key Points:
🌟 Anthropic decided to limit Windsurf's access to its Claude AI model mainly because of rumors about OpenAI's plan to acquire Windsurf, and Anthropic aims to focus on long-term clients.
⚙️ The company currently faces tight computing resources, so it has decided to concentrate resources on serving clients with whom it has established long-term partnerships.
🚀 Anthropic plans to launch more AI models in the coming months and will engage in long-term cooperation with emerging companies like Cursor.