Windsurf Grapples with Anthropic's Sudden Limits on Claude AI Access
Summary
Windsurf, a popular vibe-coding startup reportedly being acquired by OpenAI, says Anthropic significantly reduced its direct access to Claude AI models, forcing it to find alternative providers and potentially causing availability issues for users accessing these models on Windsurf's platform.
Key Points
- Windsurf says Anthropic significantly reduced its direct access to Claude 3.7 and 3.5 AI models with little notice
- Windsurf may face short-term availability issues for users accessing Claude models on its platform as it seeks alternative compute providers
- Anthropic prioritizes sustainable partnerships that allow serving the broader developer community, while developers can still access Claude via API keys or partners