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title: "Meta and Microsoft pull back from Claude as Anthropic transforms from partner into competitor"
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published_at: "2026-10-05T18:59:19.000Z"
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summary: "Meta and Microsoft are sharply reducing their use of Anthropic's Claude, with Microsoft cutting its cloud division's monthly per-employee budget from $100,000 to $10,000 and Meta halving its Claude Code users to 30,000, as both companies prioritize their own AI tools."
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# Meta and Microsoft pull back from Claude as Anthropic transforms from partner into competitor

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**Published:** 2026-10-05T18:59:19.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** anthropic, llm

## Summary

Meta and Microsoft are sharply reducing their use of Anthropic's Claude, with Microsoft cutting its cloud division's monthly per\-employee budget from $100,000 to $10,000 and Meta halving its Claude Code users to 30,000, as both companies prioritize their own AI tools\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://the-decoder.com/meta-and-microsoft-pull-back-from-claude-as-anthropic-transforms-from-partner-into-competitor/>)