Anthropic has announced an increase in API rate limits for its Claude Opus models, aimed at enhancing accessibility and usage. This change coincides with the recent expansion of Claude Code limits and the removal of peak-hour restrictions for select plans, further improving product performance. The updates come in the wake of Anthropic’s partnership with SpaceX, which has provided substantial additional compute power for training and operating these advanced models, initially released in mid-April 2026 with optimized capabilities for sustained reasoning and complex tasks.

Anthropic: Anthropic is an AI safety and research company developing the Claude family of large language models, with a focus on building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The company recently announced a partnership with SpaceX to expand compute capacity using the Colossus 1 data center, enabling it to increase API rate limits for Claude Opus models. This update accompanies enhancements to Claude Code usage limits, positioning Anthropic to better serve developer demands for high-performance AI.

Compute Partnership: Anthropic’s deal with SpaceX provides substantial additional compute power for training and running Claude models.
Product Enhancements: Alongside API changes, Claude Code limits were expanded and peak-hour restrictions removed for select plans.
Claude Opus Capabilities: Claude Opus 4.7, released in mid-April, optimizes for sustained reasoning and complex task handling.