Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic | In Edition 36, Saturday 30 May 2026

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SOURCE Anthropic, Product Announcements Introducing Claude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.8 is available today at the same price as Opus 4.7: $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. Fast mode runs at 2.5x speed and is now three times cheaper than previous models.

Added to The Deploy Log Monday 14 Sep 2026, updated Thursday 17 Sep 2026. Read Edition 36, the edition that carried it.

33 rows from Anthropic in The Deploy Log are dated on or before this one, this one included.

Before it from Anthropic: KPMG Claude alliance, 7 days earlier. After it: Project Glasswing expansion, 3 days later.

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