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Claude Haiku 5.5 Launch
Claude releases cheapest fastest small AI model for high-volume tasks.
In brief
Claude releases cheapest fastest small AI model for high-volume tasks. Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts costs by 75% and speeds up tasks for customer support and coding. Originally reported by Anthropic.
Claude Haiku 5.5 Launch
Claude introduces Haiku 5.5 as the cheapest fastest small model for high-volume cost-sensitive tasks.
Cost Reduction
Haiku 5.5 costs 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5 for high-volume tasks.
Performance Improvements
Haiku 5.5 outperforms Haiku 4.5 on benchmarks for knowledge work and computer use tasks.
Adjustable Effort Setting
Haiku 5.5 offers adjustable effort settings for cost or intelligence optimization.
Customer Feedback
Asana reports 30% faster task completions and 2.5x faster inference with Haiku 5.5.
“We’re very impressed with Claude Haiku 5.5, particularly its speed. We ran it through our eval suite for AI Teammates, our AI agent product, covering use cases like triaging bugs, setting up projects, and searching large portfolios to surface high-risk or overdue work. Compared with the model we use today, we saw over a 30% reduction in latency for task completions and up to 2.5x faster inference per agent turn. It’s a noticeably snappier experience.”
The headline
Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts costs by 75% and speeds up tasks for customer support and coding.
