# Claude Instant 1.2

> The cheap Claude, before there was a naming convention for cheap Claudes: Anthropic described it as carrying the strengths of Claude 2 into something faster and more affordable, which is where a great deal of unglamorous production traffic quietly went. Seven model IDs were switched off together on 6 November 2024 — the whole Claude 1 line, and the oldest entry in Anthropic's deprecation history.

2023-08-09 — 2024-11-06 · lived 1 year, 2 months

This URL is the guided walk — the 3D cemetery, standing at this grave. The written record is at [Claude Instant 1.2's epitaph](https://models.rip/claude-instant-1.2/epitaph).

## Elsewhere

- [The whole cemetery](https://models.rip/)
- [The dataset](https://models.rip/graveyard.json)