SK Telecom invests $100M in Anthropic and partners to build telco-optimized Claude
Anthropic announced a strategic partnership and $100M investment from SK Telecom (SKT), South Korea's largest mobile operator. The two companies will co-develop a fine-tuned version of Claude optimized for telecommunications use cases including customer service, marketing, and sales, with multilingual support for Korean, English, Japanese, and Spanish. SKT domain experts will provide feedback to guide Claude's fine-tuning on telco-specific tasks, and the partnership follows an earlier investment from SK Telecom Venture Capital.
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Anthropic opens Seoul office and announces Korean enterprise partnerships including NAVER, Samsung SDS, and LG CNS
Anthropic has opened a physical office in Seoul, led by Representative Director KiYoung Choi, and announced a wave of enterprise and startup partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem. Major deployments include NAVER rolling out Claude Code to its entire engineering organization, Samsung SDS deploying Claude across Samsung Electronics, and LG CNS rolling out Claude to thousands of employees across LG Group. Anthropic also announced a research partnership with the National AI Research Lab (NAIRL) consortium spanning KAIST, Korea University, Yonsei University, and POSTECH, providing Claude access to up to 60 affiliated researchers focused on safety and alignment.
Anthropic Launches Claude Partner Network with $100M Commitment
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.
Anthropic Opens Seoul Office as Third Asia-Pacific Location, Citing 10x Regional Revenue Growth
Anthropic announced plans to open a Seoul office in early 2026, its third in Asia-Pacific following Tokyo and Bengaluru, driven by over 10x run-rate revenue growth in the region over the past year. Korea ranks in the top five globally for Claude usage both in total and per capita, with Claude Code weekly active users in Korea growing 6x in four months. Enterprise deployments include SK Telecom's AI customer service model and Law&Company's legal assistant. Large business accounts (>$100K ARR) in Asia-Pacific have grown 8x year-over-year.
Anthropic and Infosys Collaborate to Build AI Agents for Telecommunications and Regulated Industries
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.
TCS and Anthropic partner to deploy Claude across regulated industries at enterprise scale
Anthropic and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced a partnership to deploy Claude to 50,000 TCS employees across 56 countries and build Claude-powered products for clients in financial services, healthcare, public sector, and other regulated industries. TCS will act as 'customer zero,' using Claude internally before packaging it into industry-specific offerings such as claims processing and lending advisory. The partnership also deepens Anthropic's presence in India, described as its second-largest market. TCS joins the Claude Partner Network alongside other large IT services firms like DXC Technology.
Zoom partners with Anthropic and invests in the company; Claude to power Zoom Contact Center
Anthropic announced a partnership with Zoom in which Zoom will integrate Claude into its products, starting with the Zoom Contact Center portfolio. Zoom Ventures has also made a strategic investment in Anthropic. The deal reflects Anthropic's enterprise go-to-market strategy and Zoom's federated AI approach, which combines its own models with third-party providers like Claude.
Accenture and Anthropic Launch Multi-Year Partnership to Scale Enterprise Claude Deployment
Anthropic and Accenture have announced a major partnership expansion forming the Accenture Anthropic Business Group, a dedicated practice with approximately 30,000 professionals trained on Claude. The partnership includes a joint CIO-focused product centered on Claude Code—claimed to hold over half the AI coding market—and industry-specific offerings for financial services, healthcare, life sciences, and public sector. Anthropic reports its enterprise market share has grown from 24% to 40%, with this described as its largest-ever deployment of Claude Code.
Anthropic launches Claude in Canada with full product suite
Anthropic expanded Claude's availability to Canada as of June 5, 2024, offering access to Claude.ai, the iOS app, the API, and the Team plan. Canadian users can subscribe to Claude Pro at CA$28/month for access to the Claude 3 model family (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) with 5x usage limits. The expansion is a geographic rollout with no new technical capabilities announced.