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Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWS
First reported Source: TechCrunch + 3 moreLast editorial activity
What happened
Claude Opus 5.5, Anthropic's most capable Opus model for agentic coding, knowledge work, and long-running tasks, is now available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. As it works, it surfaces what it did, what it found, and what it needs, making long-running tasks easier to follow.
Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic’s most capable Opus model suitable for agentic coding, knowledge work, and long-running tasks. The result is an average lower cost per task than Claude Opus 5, so teams can run more ambitious agentic work at scale.
Claude Opus 5.5 is trained to communicate more clearly. Adaptive thinking is always on, and Opus 5.5 decides how much reasoning each task needs.
Sources & evidence
- TechCrunch Reporting source
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance ↗
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/anthropic-releases-opus-5-5-with-lower-prices-and-fable-level-performance/ - The Verge Reporting source
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity ↗
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998868/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5-cybersecurity - AWS Machine Learning Blog Primary / official
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWS ↗
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/claude-opus-5-5-is-now-available-on-aws/ - Decrypt
Anthropic’s New Claude Opus 5.5 Matches Fable at 60% the Price ↗
https://decrypt.co/378947/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5-fable-price-comparison