Anthropic's engineers tripled their code output last year. That created a problem. On Monday, Anthropic started charging $15 to $25 to fix it.
The company launched Code Review, a multi-agent system that dispatches teams of AI to scrutinize pull requests for bugs before human reviewers see the code. The pitch is depth over speed, insurance over productivity. Twenty minutes per review, up to $25 a pop, for the kind of thorough analysis that overstretched developers routinely skip.
On the same day, Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration over its designation as a national security supply chain risk. Contracts are being cancelled. Hundreds of millions in government revenue sit in jeopardy. The timing of a premium enterprise product launch alongside a federal legal battle tells you something about where Anthropic sees its future. And it's not in Washington.
Code Review is the third major enterprise expansion in two months, following MCP Apps in January and Claude Code Security in February. Each one absorbs another piece of the software development workflow. Together they form a pattern that should make engineering leaders pay attention. Possibly get nervous.
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