August 13, 2025:
Anthropic Acquires Humanloop Team for AI Edge - Anthropic has acquired the Humanloop team, including its co-founders, in an acqui-hire move to bolster its enterprise AI strategy. Humanloop is renowned for expertise in prompt management and AI evaluation, which will enhance Anthropics capability to create reliable, scalable AI solutions. This acquisition supports Anthropics safety-first mission and strengthens its position against competitors like OpenAI and Google DeepMind.
Humanloop, a Y Combinator alumnus, is known for aiding clients like Duolingo in developing robust AI applications. The team's addition coincides with Anthropics expansion of its offerings, including a cost-effective AI services agreement with the U.S. government.
