Anthropic has significantly expanded the capabilities of its AI assistant Claude, transforming it from a chatbot into a versatile platform for building, hosting, and sharing AI-powered applications without requiring coding skills. This upgrade, introduced through a feature called Claude Artifacts, allows users to create fully functional AI apps that leverage Claude's intelligence, with shared apps using the viewer's own Claude account. The platform supports integration with popular tools such as Canva, Figma, Notion, Stripe, Asana, and Zapier, enabling automation of design, project management, and financial workflows. Anthropic also launched Claude for Financial Services, a specialized enterprise AI designed for banks, asset managers, insurers, and fintech firms. This product incorporates real-time financial data from providers including FactSet, Morningstar, Pitchbook, S&P, Box, and Daloopa, and offers features like editable discounted cash flow (DCF) models and investment memos to assist analysts with market research and due diligence. Claude for Financial Services is available with built-in data connectors, higher usage limits, and prompt libraries. To manage heavy usage, particularly from power users of Claude Code, Anthropic announced new weekly rate limits for its Pro and Max subscription tiers effective late August 2025. These limits aim to curb continuous background usage and account reselling, affecting fewer than 5% of subscribers based on current usage patterns. The company offers additional usage beyond the limits at standard API pricing for Max plan users. Anthropic's Claude 4 model has gained traction among coding startups and established software developers, positioning the company as a growing player in business-to-business AI solutions.