Anthropic and Amazon Web Services have officially launched the Claude Platform on AWS, giving developers direct access to Anthropic’s native AI tools and APIs through their existing AWS accounts.
Quick Summary – TLDR:
- AWS is now the first cloud provider to offer the full native Claude Platform experience.
- Developers can access Claude APIs, AI agents, code execution, and web tools directly through AWS.
- Authentication, billing, and audit logging are handled through existing AWS services.
- Customer data on this platform is processed outside the AWS security boundary.
What Happened?
Anthropic and Amazon Web Services have announced the general availability of the Claude Platform on AWS, expanding their growing partnership in the artificial intelligence space. The launch allows businesses and developers to use Anthropic’s full Claude Platform directly within AWS without needing separate Anthropic accounts or billing systems.
The new offering gives AWS customers access to the same Claude Platform features that were previously available only through Anthropic’s own infrastructure. This includes APIs, developer tools, beta features, and the Claude Console.
The Claude Platform on AWS is now generally available.
— Claude (@claudeai) May 11, 2026
AWS customers get the full set of Claude API features, with AWS authentication, billing, and commitment retirement. pic.twitter.com/9WPrEgCpkg
AWS Becomes the First Cloud Provider With Native Claude Access
With this rollout, AWS becomes the first cloud provider to offer direct access to Anthropic’s native Claude Platform experience. Until now, developers typically accessed Claude through Anthropic directly or through Amazon Bedrock with a more limited setup.
The Claude Platform on AWS is designed to simplify workflows for enterprises already operating inside the AWS ecosystem. Developers can continue using their existing AWS Identity and Access Management credentials, billing systems, and security monitoring tools without maintaining separate infrastructure.
Anthropic said the platform includes immediate access to all newly released Claude features and beta tools as they become available.
New AI Features Included in the Platform
The launch introduces a large collection of AI development tools and services for AWS customers. Some of the biggest additions include:
- Claude Managed Agents (beta) for deploying AI agents at scale.
- Advisor strategy (beta) for improving AI reasoning and planning.
- Web search and web fetch for accessing real time information online.
- Code execution for running Python scripts and analyzing data directly inside API calls.
- Files API (beta) for handling uploaded documents across conversations.
- Skills (beta) for teaching Claude consistent workflows and behaviors.
- MCP connector (beta) for connecting Claude to remote MCP servers.
- Prompt caching to reduce latency and costs.
- Citations and batch processing for enterprise workloads.
AWS customers also gain access to the Claude Console, Anthropic’s dedicated environment for prompt testing, evaluations, and prompt generation.
Anthropic confirmed that Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 are all available through the platform starting today.
How It Differs From Claude on Amazon Bedrock?
Although Claude models have already been available through Amazon Bedrock, the new Claude Platform on AWS works differently in several important ways.
On Amazon Bedrock, AWS remains the official data processor and all processing stays inside AWS infrastructure. With the new Claude Platform on AWS, the service itself is operated by Anthropic, and customer data is processed outside the AWS security boundary.
AWS says this setup is best suited for companies that want access to the full Claude Platform experience and do not have strict regional data residency requirements.
Businesses with tighter compliance or residency needs may still prefer using Claude through Amazon Bedrock instead.
A Major Expansion of the Anthropic and AWS Partnership
The launch also highlights the rapidly expanding partnership between Anthropic and Amazon. Earlier this year, both companies announced a broader collaboration involving infrastructure, AI compute capacity, and access to AWS Trainium chips.
Anthropic reportedly plans to purchase more than $100 billion worth of AWS compute capacity over the next decade. The partnership is expected to help Anthropic address growing demand and recent capacity limitations as enterprise AI adoption accelerates worldwide.
AWS developers have also recently gained access to Claude Code, adding another layer to the collaboration between the two companies.
SQ Magazine Takeaway
I think this launch is a big moment in the enterprise AI market because it removes a lot of friction for developers already deeply invested in AWS. Instead of juggling multiple platforms and accounts, teams can now access Anthropic’s most advanced AI tools directly inside their existing cloud workflows.
What stands out most is how aggressively Anthropic is pushing its ecosystem forward. Features like managed AI agents, code execution, and web access show that the competition is no longer just about chatbots. It is becoming a battle over full AI operating platforms for businesses.
