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title: "$100 million for the Claude Partner Network"
description: "Anthropic is launching the Claude Partner Network to help organizations support enterprise adoption of Claude, backed by an initial $100 million investment for 2026. The program funds partner training, sales enablement, market development, co-marketing, and customer-deployment support, while Anthropic plans to increase its partner-facing team fivefold. Partners receive a portal with Academy materials, sales playbooks, and co-marketing documentation, plus potential inclusion in a Services Partner Directory. New support includes dedicated Applied AI engineers, technical architects, localized go-to-market assistance, and the Claude Certified Architect, Foundations exam, with more certifications planned later this year. A Code Modernization starter kit targets legacy-code migration and technical-debt remediation, and membership is free and open to any organization bringing Claude to market."
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# $100 million for the Claude Partner Network

[Anthropic](https://yomu.fyi/company/anthropic) · Sep 9, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Anthropic is launching the Claude Partner Network to help organizations support enterprise adoption of Claude, backed by an initial $100 million investment for 2026. The program funds partner training, sales enablement, market development, co-marketing, and customer-deployment support, while Anthropic plans to increase its partner-facing team fivefold. Partners receive a portal with Academy materials, sales playbooks, and co-marketing documentation, plus potential inclusion in a Services Partner Directory. New support includes dedicated Applied AI engineers, technical architects, localized go-to-market assistance, and the Claude Certified Architect, Foundations exam, with more certifications planned later this year. A Code Modernization starter kit targets legacy-code migration and technical-debt remediation, and membership is free and open to any organization bringing Claude to market.

## Context

Anthropic describes enterprise Claude adoption as requiring help with deployment, compliance, change management, and moving from proof of concept to production. The network is intended to make it easier for partner organizations to guide enterprises through that work.

## Approach / What changed

The Claude Partner Network provides $100 million in 2026 funding for training, sales enablement, market development, co-marketing, and customer-deployment support. Anthropic is also expanding its partner-facing team fivefold, launching a Partner Portal and certification program, and offering a Code Modernization starter kit.

## Takeaways

- The initial $100 million investment is allocated partly as direct partner support and is expected to increase over time.
- The first certification, Claude Certified Architect, Foundations, is available to partners and targets solution architects building production applications with Claude.
- The Code Modernization starter kit focuses on migrating legacy codebases and remediating enterprise technical debt.

**Tags:** [AI](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai), [Claude](https://yomu.fyi/topic/claude), [Modernization](https://yomu.fyi/topic/modernization)

- Source: [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-partner-network)
- Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-partner-network
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-10T04:03:35.981Z

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