Anthropic, SpaceXAI double Claude Pro limits

Anthropic said on May 6 that it had signed a compute partnership with SpaceX and used the added capacity to raise usage limits for Claude’s paid tiers. In a post on its website, the company said the deal would “substantially increase” compute capacity and support higher limits for Claude Code and the Claude API. Anthropic said the changes took effect that day for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise users. The company’s newsroom still lists the announcement among its May 2026 releases. ### Did Anthropic actually say Pro and Max limits were doubled? Anthropic said on May 6 that it was “doubling Claude Code’s five-hour rate limits” for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans. The same post said it was also removing the peak-hours limit reduction on Claude Code for Pro and Max accounts. Anthropic described those as part of three changes aimed at “our most dedicated customers.” (anthropic.com) The company did not frame the change as a blanket doubling of every Claude product limit. The post specifically named Claude Code’s five-hour rate limits, plus the removal of peak-hour reductions for Pro and Max and higher API rate limits for Claude Opus models. ### What does the SpaceX deal cover? Anthropic said it had “signed an agreement with SpaceX to use all of the compute capacity at their Colossus 1 data center.” The company said that would give it access to more than 300 megawatts of new capacity, equal to more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs, within a month. (anthropic.com) Anthropic added that the capacity would “directly improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.” The May 6 post tied that SpaceX agreement to a broader buildout. Anthropic also cited separate compute arrangements with Amazon, Google and Broadcom, Microsoft and Nvidia, and Fluidstack in the same announcement. ### Where did “SpaceXAI” come from? Anthropic’s own post names SpaceX and Colossus 1. The company does not use the term “SpaceXAI” in the announcement reviewed for this story. (anthropic.com) It says SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center will provide the new compute capacity and separately notes interest in partnering with SpaceX on “multiple gigawatts of orbital AI compute capacity.” That distinction matters because Colossus has been associated in outside discussion with xAI infrastructure, but Anthropic’s published statement attributes the agreement to SpaceX and describes the site as “their Colossus 1 data center.” ### Was the $950 billion valuation part of the same announcement? Anthropic’s May 6 announcement did not mention a $950 billion valuation. (anthropic.com) That figure appeared later in separate reports about fundraising talks. Reuters, citing a Bloomberg News report on April 29, said Anthropic was weighing a fundraise that could value the company at more than $900 billion. The New York Times reported on May 12 that Anthropic was in talks to raise funding at a valuation of $950 billion. Anthropic had previously announced a $30 billion Series G round at a $380 billion post-money valuation on February 12. ### What should paid Claude users check next? Anthropic’s May 6 post is the primary source for what changed, and the company’s newsroom continues to list that item among current announcements. Users trying to confirm whether their plan was affected should check the May 6 “Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX” post, which names Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans and spells out the Claude Code and API changes. (money.usnews.com) (anthropic.com)