AI BriefingGoogle Cloud announces general availability of Anthropic-managed Claude deployment
·2026.10.23 06:20
Key point
The new option allows developers to run Claude models with Anthropic as the data processor, providing immediate access to new platform features like Claude Managed Agents.
Details
- Google Cloud has announced the general availability of an Anthropic-managed deployment option for Claude Models, giving developers a choice between this new option and the existing Google-managed deployment.
- The Anthropic-managed option provides day-zero access to new Claude Platform features, including Claude Managed Agents (beta), skills, and code execution, with Anthropic acting as the data processor under its own terms of service.
- Both deployment options offer the same frontier models on day zero, the same pricing, and the same Google Cloud billing, allowing organizations to consolidate spend under existing commitments.
- The Google-managed option continues to operate with Google Cloud as the data processor, offering strict governance, VPC Service Controls, Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK), and data residency in the U.S., EU, and APAC, with new features rolling out as they are integrated.
- Available models include Claude Fable 5.1, Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5, and Opus 5.5, accessible via Google Cloud IAM and Marketplace billing.
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