# Claude Instant

id: ent_claude-instant  
kind: product  
timeline: /timelines/claude-instant.md  
page: /record/claude-instant  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/claude-instant (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

lighter, faster, cheaper Claude 1-era model

## Fact pages

One page per fact: the current value with its sources, then every dated value and what replaced what. Fetch any of them as markdown.

- [Claude Instant release date](/record/claude-instant/model_release.md)
- [Claude Instant deprecation](/record/claude-instant/deprecated.md)
- [Claude Instant retirement](/record/claude-instant/retired.md)

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Claude Instant](/record/claude-instant.md) | retired | claude-instant-1.1 | valid 2024-11-06 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_DD8DC68FB452](/claim/clm_DD8DC68FB452.md)
  sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations
- [Claude Instant](/record/claude-instant.md) | deprecated | claude-instant-1.1 | valid 2024-09-04 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_A298077399F4](/claim/clm_A298077399F4.md)
  sources: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations

## Posts and Hugging Face repos (1)

Dated items from the entity's own feeds, and the days its Hugging Face repositories were created, newest first.

- [Claude Instant](/record/claude-instant.md) | model_release | Claude Instant | valid 2023-03-14 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_573BC5D07370](/claim/clm_573BC5D07370.md)
  sources: https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude

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