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Anthropic announced two additions to its Claude Partner Network: a Services Track with three tiers (Select, Preferred, Global Premier) based on certified practitioners, production deployments, and public customer references, and a Claude Partner Hub portal where partners track their standing and customers find qualified implementation firms. The program, backed by a $100M investment, has attracted over 40,000 applicants and 10,000 certified consultants since its March 2026 launch. Major professional services firms including Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, KPMG, Infosys, and PwC are building Claude practices at scale, with some rolling out access to hundreds of thousands of employees. A new MCP connector allows partners to query their partnership status directly through Claude.
Anthropic and Infosys have announced a collaboration to develop enterprise AI solutions targeting telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, and software development. The partnership integrates Claude models and Claude Code with Infosys Topaz to build agentic AI systems capable of handling multi-step tasks such as compliance reviews, claims processing, and code generation in regulated environments. A secondary focus is legacy system modernization, using the combined tooling to reduce migration costs. Anthropic also highlights India as its second-largest Claude.ai market and positions Infosys as an early partner in its expanded India presence.
Anthropic is launching the Claude Partner Network, backed by an initial $100 million investment for 2026, to support organizations helping enterprises adopt Claude. The program includes training resources, dedicated technical support, joint market development funds, a new Claude Certified Architect certification, and a Code Modernization starter kit. Anthropic is also scaling its partner-facing team fivefold and opening a Services Partner Directory for enterprise buyers. Major consulting firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and Infosys are cited as early participants, with Accenture training 30,000 professionals on Claude.
OpenAI is launching Codex Labs and forming partnerships with major consulting and IT firms including Accenture, PwC, and Infosys to accelerate enterprise adoption of Codex across the software development lifecycle. The announcement reports 4 million weekly active users for Codex. This represents a significant push to embed OpenAI's coding AI into large-scale enterprise workflows through established system integrators.