Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.1, a major upgrade to its flagship Claude family.

This release is focused on real-world developer pain points, especially in software engineering and agentic reasoning. Claude 4.1 boosts SWE-bench Verified accuracy to 74.5% a significant gain over Claude 4 (72.5%) and ahead of Sonnet 3.7 (62.3%).

Users from GitHub and Rakuten report that Claude now handles multi-file code refactoring and debugging with human-like clarity, avoiding hallucinations and buggy outputs that plague many other models. But there is more.

Claude 4.1 introduces “agentic search” improvements, making it more adept at goal-driven, multi-step tasks think of it as an AI research analyst or assistant engineer that actually understands context and intent. Despite the upgrade, pricing remains unchanged. This will reinforce Anthropic’s position as a value-leader for enterprises looking to scale Gen AI. The new model will also be available across Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI, Claude APIs, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot.

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Anthropic's release of Claude Opus 4.1, a drop-in upgrade to its flagship model, signals a renewed focus on enterprise-grade performance and a commitment to maintaining its leadership in specific domains. The new model is expected to be better at handling complex, multi-step engineering tasks. The improvements in multi-file code refactoring and bug detection are particularly valuable for developers and corporate clients.

This, combined with more sophisticated "agentic search" capabilities, which allow the model to autonomously break down and execute complex tasks makes Opus 4.1 a powerful tool for serious technical work. The fact that Anthropic is offering this significant upgrade at the same price as its predecessor makes it a highly competitive and attractive option for businesses already integrated into the Claude ecosystem, strengthening its position against rivals like OpenAI and Google.