Anthropic launches Claude Partner Network with $100M commitment — Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant signed

Anthropic launched the Claude Partner Network on March 12, committing an initial $100 million to support partner organizations helping enterprises adopt Claude. The program provides training courses, a technical certification (Claude Certified Architect, Foundations), dedicated Applied AI engineers for live customer deals, and joint market development funding. Launch partners include Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, and Infosys. Accenture is training 30,000 staff on Claude. Membership is free; any organization bringing Claude to market can apply. A Code Modernization starter kit for migrating legacy codebases is included for partners.

This is Anthropic building the enterprise sales infrastructure that OpenAI has had through Microsoft since 2019 — but doing it directly through consulting partners rather than through a single cloud reseller. The four launch partners are the four largest IT services firms in the world by headcount. Combined, they have client relationships with effectively every Fortune 500 company.