Alibaba is reportedly set to stop employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code beginning July 10, and will instead direct teams toward its in-house coding assistant, Qoder.
The move reflects a growing focus on software governance and secure AI use inside large technology companies. According to recent reports, Alibaba has treated Claude Code as a high-risk tool, while Anthropic has already restricted access for Chinese companies and entities tied to them.
Anthropic has also been working to tighten access controls around Claude. A company representative said an experiment launched in March was designed to curb abuse by unauthorized resellers and reduce the risk of model distillation, a process where one AI system learns from another's outputs. The company added that stronger safeguards have since been introduced.
Alibaba's decision highlights how major tech firms are increasingly building internal AI ecosystems to balance productivity, security, and control. As enterprise coding tools become more advanced, the competition is likely to accelerate the rise of trusted, company-specific AI platforms in the workplace.
