Anthropic Just Bought the Factory That Builds Its Rivals' SDKs
Anthropic acquired Stainless — the startup that generates official SDKs for OpenAI, Google, Cloudflare, Replicate, and hundreds of others — for a reported $300M+. The hosted SDK generator will be wound down, meaning competitors lose access to the automated multi-language library generation Stainless has provided since 2022. The acquisition positions Anthropic to control the MCP server tooling layer as agent connectivity becomes the key platform battleground.
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