The Services Track and Partner Hub formalize a $100 million program as Anthropic moves toward an IPO
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Anthropic announced two additions to its Claude Partner Network on Wednesday: a tiered Services Track that ranks consulting firms by how deeply they have deployed Claude for clients, and a Partner Hub portal that lets companies find qualified implementation partners.
The Services Track has three tiers. Entry into the Select tier calls for a minimum of 10 practitioners who have earned Claude certification, at least two client deployments running in production, and one publicly available customer endorsement. To reach Preferred status, firms must clear higher bars: 100 certified practitioners, 15 customers with active deployments, and three published endorsements. At the top of the ladder, Global Premier status demands 1,000 certified practitioners, deployments with 100 customers spanning no fewer than three regions, 15 public endorsements, and a jointly developed business plan backed by named executive sponsors, the company said.
When Anthropic established the Claude Partner Network in March, it backed the initiative with a $100 million commitment covering training, technical support, and co-marketing resources for partners. Since the program opened, over 40,000 companies have sought membership, and the Anthropic Partner Academy has issued Claude certifications to upward of 10,000 consultants.
Several large professional-services firms have already integrated Claude into their own operations. Among the largest deployments, Accenture $ACN has put 30,000 professionals through Claude training, Cognizant has extended access to about 350,000 associates, and Deloitte has made the model available across a global headcount of 470,000, while KPMG is weaving it into workflows for its 276,000-plus employees. Infosys has focused its efforts on developing Claude-based agents tailored to particular verticals, while PwC has begun introducing Claude Code and Cowork to its U.S. workforce as an initial rollout.
Through the Partner Hub, each member firm gains access to a directory visible to prospective enterprise clients, alongside a tracking dashboard — updated every day — that shows where the firm stands relative to the published thresholds for each tier. A new MCP connector allows firms to link the Hub directly to Claude, enabling partnership status queries from within the model itself, Anthropic said.
The program's formalization is tied to Anthropic's broader push to demonstrate business maturity ahead of a potential public offering, according to The Wall Street Journal. Steve Corfield, Anthropic's head of global business development and partnerships, told The Wall Street Journal the move helps "demonstrate to the market that we're thinking about scale." Corfield added: "We want durability of customer success, which should drive durability of revenue for the company."
Anthropic filed confidentially for an IPO earlier this week, a step that could put the company — recently valued at $965 billion — on a path to go public this fall. The company has also formed a separate enterprise AI services firm backed by Blackstone, Goldman Sachs $GS, and Hellman & Friedman to embed Claude into midsize businesses, part of a broader effort to expand its enterprise distribution ahead of a potential listing.
Advancement between tiers is evaluated on a fixed cycle, with reviews occurring on Jan. 1 and July 1 each year and a one-time additional review scheduled for Oct. 1, 2026. New applicants begin at the Registered entry level. Joining the program is free, with tiered partners receiving discounted rates on certification exam attempts through the Anthropic Partner Academy.
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