On March 12, 2026, Anthropic announced the launch of the Claude Partner Network and an initial $100 million commitment to support partner organizations that help enterprises adopt Claude. The program is intended to provide training, dedicated technical assistance, and joint market-development resources to partners working on Claude deployments.
What the network provides
The Claude Partner Network targets partner organizations that guide enterprises from proof of concept to production with Claude. Anthropic’s initial $100 million for 2026 will largely be allocated as direct support to partners for training and sales enablement, market development (including activities to make customer deployments successful), and co-marketing for joint campaigns and events.
Anthropic is scaling its partner-facing team fivefold so it can offer dedicated Applied AI engineers for partners on live customer deals, technical architects to scope more complex implementations, and localized go-to-market support in international markets.
Members will gain access to a Partner Portal containing Anthropic Academy training materials, the sales playbooks used by Anthropic’s go-to-market team, and other co-marketing documentation. Qualified partners will be listed in a Services Partner Directory, where enterprise buyers can find firms experienced in Claude implementations.
Certification and starter kit
Alongside the network, Anthropic introduced its first Claude technical certification: Claude Certified Architect, Foundations, available immediately to partners. This is a technical exam aimed at solution architects building production applications with Claude. Additional certifications for sellers, architects, and developers are planned later in the year; partners who join now will receive priority access to these rollouts.
Anthropic also launched a Code Modernization starter kit to give partners a practical starting point for migrating legacy codebases and remediating enterprise technical debt. The company highlights code modernization as one of the highest-demand enterprise workloads where Claude’s agentic coding capabilities translate directly into client outcomes.
Access, eligibility and partners
Any organization bringing Claude to market is eligible to apply for the Claude Partner Network. Membership is free, and applications opened on the day of the announcement.
Anthropic notes that Claude is the only frontier AI model available across all three leading cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft. The company also partners with large management consultancies, professional services firms and specialist AI companies that assist enterprise customers in identifying high-value use cases and navigating deployment, compliance and change management inside large organizations.
Quotes from participating partners included in the announcement:
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Alex Holt, Vice Chair, Global Head Anthropic Business Group, Accenture: “We’re training 30,000 Accenture professionals on Claude because that's what it takes to meet the demand we're seeing. The Claude Partner Network gives us the structure to do that faster — the certification, the co-selling support, the shared investment.”
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Ranjit Bawa, Global Technology and Ecosystems & Alliances Leader, Deloitte: “The Claude Partner Network helps formalize and scale the work underway; the training, industry-focused solutions, and practical guidance for deploying AI.”
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Sandra Notardonato, Head of Global Partnership Development and Influencer Relations, Cognizant: “We've opened Claude access across our global workforce—supporting an organization of roughly 350,000 associates—and we're embedding it into how we help clients modernize and transform. The Claude Partner Network gives us the co-investment and technical support to move faster.”
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Anand Swaminathan, Executive Vice President and Global Head – Communications, Media and Technology, Infosys: “With teams applying Claude Code in real-world delivery, we are helping clients unlock AI value across industries.”
Why it matters
The announcement signals Anthropic’s strategy to deepen its partner ecosystem by combining direct financial support, expanded technical resources and structured training and certification. The measures are intended to lower barriers for enterprises to move Claude-based projects from pilots to production at scale.
