PwC to train 30,000 staff on Claude

PwC and Anthropic said on May 14 they expanded their strategic alliance, with PwC planning to train and certify 30,000 professionals on Anthropic’s Claude as the consulting firm pushes the technology deeper into client work and internal operations. The program is tied to a broader rollout of Claude Code and Cowork that Anthropic said would start with U.S. teams and then expand toward PwC’s wider global workforce. The companies said the work will focus on technology build, deal execution and what they described as reinvention of enterprise functions. PwC also said it is launching a finance business group, called Office of the CFO, built on Claude. ### Where does the 30,000-person figure come from? Anthropic said in a May 14 announcement that the companies are establishing a joint Center of Excellence and “a program to train and certify 30,000 PwC professionals on Claude.” The same statement said the expanded alliance deepens how PwC uses Claude “to build technology, execute deals, and reinvent enterprise functions for clients across every industry it serves.” PwC’s U.S. newsroom listed a May 2026 item titled “PwC and Anthropic expand alliance for enterprise agentic AI,” describing the partnership as aimed at scaling agentic AI across enterprise operations, modernization, cybersecurity and finance. PwC’s site also hosts a dedicated Anthropic alliance page describing Claude-powered offerings across finance, healthcare and other sectors. (anthropic.com) ### What work does PwC say Claude will be used for? Anthropic said the collaboration centers on three areas: “agentic technology build,” “AI-native deal-making,” and reinvention of enterprise functions. The company said engineering teams are using Claude Code to ship production software, while the broader rollout includes Claude Code and Cowork. (pwc.com) PwC’s February 24 press release with Anthropic described an earlier phase of the relationship in finance and healthcare and life sciences, saying PwC would help clients embed Claude, the Claude Developer Platform, Claude.ai, Claude Cowork and Claude Code in regulated environments where compliance, auditability and risk controls matter. Sanjay Subramanian, Anthropic alliance leader at PwC US, said at the time that the opportunity was in “redesigned workflows where AI operates responsibly inside core business systems.” (anthropic.com) ### How broad is the rollout inside PwC? Anthropic said the rollout will begin with U.S. teams and expand toward “a global workforce of hundreds of thousands of professionals.” Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s co-founder and chief executive, said the company was “excited to put Claude in the hands of hundreds of thousands of people across PwC’s workforce.” (pwc.com) PwC has been building internal training infrastructure around AI this year. On February 5, the firm launched what it calls the Learning Collective, describing it as a workforce development system built for the AI age and organized around a curriculum of 30 skills that combine AI capability with human skills. Yolanda Seals-Coffield, PwC US chief people and inclusion officer, said the model was designed to expand technical and human skills at scale. (anthropic.com) ### How does this fit into Anthropic’s partner strategy? Anthropic said on March 12 that it was investing $100 million in the Claude Partner Network for 2026, with funding for training, technical support and joint market development. The company said the network is meant to help consulting, professional services and specialist AI firms move enterprise customers from proof of concept to production. (pwc.com) Anthropic has separately said PwC is one of the consulting and systems integration firms in that partner network. In a May 14 statement, Paul Griggs, US senior partner and CEO of PwC, said clients are looking for AI deployments that are “secure, responsible, and capable of delivering measurable outcomes in complex business environments.” (anthropic.com) ### What evidence have the companies given that Claude is already in use? Anthropic said Claude is already running in production across professional sports operations, insurance underwriting, mainframe modernization, human resources transformation and cybersecurity, and said those deployments have cut delivery times by as much as 70%. Amodei said insurance underwriting that previously took 10 weeks now takes 10 days, while some security work that took hours now takes minutes. (anthropic.com) PwC’s earlier February 24 announcement framed the same push as a move beyond pilots and isolated copilots toward AI systems embedded in core workflows. Scott White, Anthropic’s head of product for enterprise, said then that enterprises were moving “past AI pilots and into real workflows,” particularly in regulated industries. (anthropic.com) ### What comes next in the partnership? The next named steps are the joint Center of Excellence, the 30,000-person training and certification program, and the rollout of Claude Code and Cowork from U.S. teams to a broader PwC workforce. Anthropic said PwC’s new Office of the CFO business group is the first standalone business unit in the alliance anchored in Anthropic’s technology. (pwc.com) Anthropic’s partner program is also expanding this year. The company said partners in the Claude Partner Network will receive access to a new technical certification, partner portal materials and direct support funded from its $100 million 2026 commitment. (anthropic.com 1) (anthropic.com 2)