Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and Traders

Goldman Sachs has restricted access to Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub to its engineers, cutting off traders and bankers who used the tools to track client flows and build market models, following a review of productivity and risk concerns. The change has affected most traders and bankers, although Strats, who work across trading, quantitative research and software engineering, still have access. The bank had previously allowed non-technical employees to use the tools, but this has been restricted to engineers, who make up about 25% of the firm's staff. This has frustrated some traders who had been using the tools to monitor client trading flows, model market moves and positions, and create written and graphic material.