Anthropic announced Wednesday that it will commit $150 million to launch Claude Corps, a fellowship program designed to place 1,000 early-career workers trained in its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude at nonprofit organizations across the country for a one-year term.
The initiative is named for the company’s popular chatbot, Claude, and represents Anthropic’s largest philanthropic commitment to date. Anthropic president Daniela Amodei told the Associated Press that Claude Corps is intended to help nonprofits integrate AI into their work more effectively.
“We’re hoping it’s a good idea that can take root and that other people can build on and learn from, whether that’s public or private,” Amodei said in an interview at Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco. “But I think my hope is that we’ll learn, the people who do it will learn, and we’ll be able to come back and do it again next time even better.”
As part of the commitment, Anthropic will pay Claude Corps members’ salaries and provide each fellow’s host organization — at least 400 nonprofits are expected to participate — with a $10,000 grant and free credits to use Claude. Amodei said the company hopes the program will expand over time and become a pillar of its strategy to help society benefit from AI while also managing the technology’s risks.
Amodei said the program will be evaluated after the first year to determine whether it should continue and grow. Fellows will be hired directly by Anthropic and embedded at organizations ranging across sectors, the company said.
The announcement comes weeks after Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 to the general public with safety guardrails, and as the company continues to navigate regulatory and contracting disputes with the Pentagon. Earlier this year, a federal judge blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, and the company filed a confidential IPO in June.