On April 4, 2026, Boris Cherny, the leader of Claude Code—an AI programming tool developed under Anthropic, a prominent U.S. large model company—declared that, commencing at 12:00 PM US Pacific Time on the same day, the Claude subscription service would cease to offer usage quotas for third-party tools, including OpenClaw. Anthropic clarified that this decision is intended to alleviate the computational capacity strain resulting from the escalating demand for Claude, as the subscription service was not tailored to accommodate the usage patterns of third-party tools. Capacity is a critical resource that the team handles with great care, and top priority will be accorded to guaranteeing customers' access to products and APIs. Prior to this, Peter Steinberger, the developer of OpenClaw, announced his joining of OpenAI and had endeavored to convince Anthropic to reconsider its stance, yet he only succeeded in postponing the implementation of the policy by one week.