Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone

Anthropic's acquisition of Bun, a high-performance JavaScript runtime, marks a strategic move to enhance its AI platform, Claude Code, which recently reached a $1 billion run-rate revenue milestone just six months after its public release. Bun, known for its speed and efficiency in software engineering, will bolster Claude Code's capabilities, offering improved performance and stability to developers using the platform. The acquisition aligns with Anthropic's aim to advance AI-driven software engineering, as Bun has become an essential tool for developers, enjoying widespread industry adoption with over 7 million monthly downloads and significant GitHub recognition. This partnership is expected to further accelerate Claude Code's growth and maintain its status as a leading tool for enterprises like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce, while Bun will remain open-source under the MIT license, continuing to serve JavaScript and TypeScript developers with its comprehensive toolkit.