Revolut reports a 90% cost reduction by moving AI coding tools from Claude to a self-hosted model, while a compromised Claude Code extension exposes supply-chain risks. The episode strengthens the case for on-premise control over AI-assisted development.
The British fintech shifts part of its development workload to a self-hosted Chinese model and reports 90% savings compared with Claude Code, reopening the debate on TCO, data control and local hardware.
British fintech Revolut has reportedly cut AI-assisted coding costs by a factor of ten, dropping Claude and moving inference to self-hosted infrastructure. A signal for teams evaluating LLM service TCO and control over code flows in regulated environ...
Researchers have reported that the official Anthropic Claude Code extension on Cursor Marketplace was compromised to install a persistent SSH backdoor on infected hosts. The risk is especially relevant for developers using Claude Code as a local LLM ...
