LaunchAI ModelsJune 30, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 is available starting at $2/M input and $10/M output tokens (intro pricing until Aug 31, 2026). It achieves performance close to Opus 4.8 in agentic tasks like coding, tool use, and reasoning while being faster and cheaper.
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Introducing Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS: Anthropic’s most capable Sonnet modelaws.amazon.com
Introducing Claude Sonnet 5anthropic.com
RT @claudeai: Introducing Claude Sonnet 5, our most agentic Sonnet yet. It makes plans, uses tools...x.com
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Not Frontier But Has Its Usesthezvi.substack.com
[AINews] Sonnet 5 today, and Fable 5 tomorrowlatent.space
What's new in Claude Sonnet 5simonwillison.net
Notes (and a Pelican) on Claude Sonnet 5 - the new tokenizer makes it ~1.4x more expensive for Engli...bsky.app
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 at a steep discount to its top model as the company races toward a blockbuster IPOventurebeat.com
Claude Sonnet 5 now available on Vercel AI Gatewayvercel.com
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8: Which Model Is Right for Your AI Workflows?mindstudio.ai
Sonnet 5: First impressions by a trained philosopherclaude.ai