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Anthropic offers up to $250 free credits for Claude Code cloud sessions

Anthropic now lets users run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview and provides up to $250 in free usage credits. This move aims to increase accessibility for more users to try Claude Code.

Source: BleepingComputer · bleepingcomputer.com Published 2026-09-25T16:00:00+00:00 Detected 2026-09-25T21:18:13+00:00
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Anthropic now lets users run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview and provides up to $250 in free usage credits. This move aims to increase accessibility for more users to try Claude Code.

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Anthropic now allows you to run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview, and it's offering up to $250 in free usage credits, so more users can give it a try. [...]

By offering substantial free credits and removing signup barriers, Anthropic is encouraging broader adoption and experimentation with its AI coding assistant. This could accelerate user feedback and development of Claude Code.

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Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions

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Anthropic offers up to $250 free credits for Claude Code cloud sessions

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