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Anthropic acquires Stainless
The frontier of AI is shifting from models that answer to agents that act—and agents are only as capable as the systems they can reach. Today, Anthropic is acquiring Stainless, a leader in SDKs and MCP server tooling, to extend that reach even further.
TL;DR
- Anthropic is acquiring Stainless, a leader in SDKs and MCP server tooling.
- This acquisition aims to extend the reach of AI agents, which are shifting from answering to acting.
- Stainless has powered the generation of Anthropic's SDKs since the early days of their API.
- Hundreds of companies use Stainless to generate SDKs, CLIs, and MCP servers, enabling developers and agents to use APIs.
- Stainless turns API specifications into SDKs across multiple programming languages.
- The acquisition will help advance Claude's ability to connect to data and tools.
- Anthropic created MCP to enable agent connectivity.