Public story · 2026-02-27 · source-backed
Claude Code Remote Control Hits $2.5B ARR
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Anthropic launched Remote Control for Claude Code, enabling developers to start coding sessions in their terminal and continue from phone/tablet/browser while computation stays local. Scan a QR code via claude remote-control or /rc. Claude Code has hit $2.5B annualized run rate (doubled since January) with 29M daily VS Code installs.
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