Code with Claude was Anthropic's flagship developer conference in 2025 — a two-day event in San Francisco focused on Claude Code, Computer Use, and the Claude SDK. Sold out at over 1,500 attendees. Established Anthropic's annual developer-conference cadence.
What it was
Code with Claude was Anthropic's first major standalone developer conference, held over two days at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The event brought together Claude Code users, SDK builders, and the broader Anthropic developer community for a mix of keynotes, hands-on workshops, and product announcements.
Attendance was over 1,500. The conference established what's now an annual cadence — Anthropic followed Code with Claude with regional Builder Summits later in the year (Paris, Seoul) and the Builder Club university program.
Why it mattered
Three things came out of the event:
- Claude Code formalized as a product line. Pre-event, Claude Code was understood as Anthropic's CLI-first IDE wrapper. Post-event, it was clearly positioned as a co-equal product line alongside claude.ai itself.
- Computer Use enters mainstream developer conversation. Demos of Claude controlling browser-based applications via Computer Use signaled where the agentic story was heading.
- Builder Club program launched. Anthropic's university-focused Builder Club program was unveiled at the conference, with the initial chapters at Georgia Tech and NBC.
Format details
- Duration: 2 days, 9am – 5pm
- Tracks: Keynotes, technical workshops, fireside chats with the Anthropic engineering team
- Notable sessions: Claude Code internals deep-dive, Computer Use capability demos, Anthropic SDK roadmap
Why it's worth remembering
Code with Claude set the format other AI coding companies have since copied — single-vendor conference, focused on developers, with hands-on workshops alongside keynotes. Cursor's later events and Lovable's At Scale series both echo the format Anthropic established here.
Sources
Sponsors
- Anthropic