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Anthropic CFO says Claude Code writes over 90% of internal code, while hiring keeps accelerating

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Published on 15 May 2026
Anthropic CFO says Claude Code writes over 90% of internal code, while hiring keeps accelerating

Finance reports once hours now finish in 30 minutes

Anthropic’s CFO Krishna Rao says more than 90% of the company’s internal code is generated by its agentic AI tool, Claude Code. He adds that the company uses dozens of specialized AI workflows to automate finance and enterprise operations, shrinking tasks that used to take hours—like revenue and compute utilization reporting—into roughly 30 minutes. Even then, AI typically produces 90–95% of outputs before human review, allowing employees to focus on judgment, strategy, and oversight while hiring accelerates.

  • Over 90% of Anthropic’s code is written by Claude Code
  • AI automates parts of software engineering, finance and operations
  • Weekly revenue and compute utilization reporting drops to about 30 minutes
  • Finance outputs are often 90–95% complete before human review
  • Anthropic is accelerating hiring, not cutting headcount
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