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Anthropic Picks up Bun As Claude Code Reaches Usd1B Milestone
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Claude is the world’s smartest and most capable AI model for developers, startups, and enterprises.
Key facts
- Claude Code reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue in only 6 months, and bringing the Bun team into Anthropic means they can build the infrastructure to compound that momentum and keep pace
- In November, Claude Code achieved a significant milestone: six months after becoming available to the public, it reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue
- Founded by Jarred Sumner in 2021, Bun is dramatically faster than the leading competition
- On July 30, they reported three incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real computer systems
Summary
Bun is redefining speed and performance for modern software engineering and development. Bun has improved the JavaScript and TypeScript developer experience by optimizing for reliability, speed, and delight. Since becoming generally available in May 2025, Claude Code has grown from its origins as an internal engineering experiment into a critical tool for many of the world’s category-leading enterprises, including Netflix, Spotify, KPMG, L’Oreal, and Salesforce—and Bun has been key in helping scale its infrastructure throughout that evolution. "Bun represents exactly the kind of technical excellence we want to bring into Anthropic," said Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer of Anthropic.