Overview
- AWS customers can now use the native Claude Platform through their AWS accounts, following Monday’s general-availability announcement by Anthropic and Amazon.
- Access runs through AWS Identity and Access Management with CloudTrail audit logs and a single AWS invoice, while customers get the same features and day-one betas as Anthropic’s direct API.
- The service differs from Claude on Amazon Bedrock because Anthropic processes requests outside AWS infrastructure, so teams with strict regional data residency needs should stay on Bedrock.
- Features include Claude Managed Agents for large-scale agent deployment, code execution for Python runs inside API calls, web search and fetch, Skills, an MCP connector, a Files API, prompt caching, citations, and batch processing.
- The launch builds on Anthropic’s pledge to spend more than $100 billion on AWS compute over 10 years, including Trainium chips and up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, as analysts flag open questions on data residency options, network isolation, chip execution, and potential regulatory scrutiny.