Overview
- OKX restored its corporate Claude account but has blocked access for employees based in Hong Kong and for staff traveling through mainland China to align with Anthropic’s geographic policy.
- The change followed a brief suspension of OKX’s enterprise Claude account in early August and internal messages that warned the company would not support VPN attempts to reach Claude.
- OKX said it will route requests from restricted locations to alternative large language models so staff can continue AI-assisted work without breaching Anthropic’s region limits.
- The move affects day-to-day work for staff who used Claude for coding and research because OKX views Claude as especially productive and the exchange ties AI use to performance reviews.
- OKX’s decision is part of a wider pattern of firms enforcing Anthropic’s rules and highlights how vendor geographic limits create continuity and procurement risks for companies spending millions monthly on third-party LLMs.