Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents ^54.1%

TechCrunch - By Rebecca Bellan - 6/30/2026, 6:00 PM

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As shipping agentic capabilities becomes table stakes among foundation model companies, Anthropic is releasing Claude Sonnet 5, a more powerful and agentic version of the lab’s midsize model. “It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months ago, required larger and... more