The Information: Anthropic Blindsided Figma and Canva With Claude Design, Shifts to Usage-Based Billing

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The Information reports Anthropic 'blindsided' nominal partners like Figma and Canva by shipping Claude Design — a prompt-to-prototype tool that competes directly with them — after inviting them onto the launch announcement. Separately, Claude Design access is metered against weekly token limits with pay-as-you-go overage, which can multiply costs for heavy users versus flat per-seat pricing. The pattern matters for builders depending on Anthropic as a platform: today's integration partner can become tomorrow's competitor.