GoKawiilWe’re launching Claude Corps, a national fellowship program for people early in their careers who are passionate about extending the benefits of AI to communities across America.
We’ll teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude well, match them with nonprofits across America, and pay them to spend a year—full-time, in-person—helping host organizations to advance their missions. Our goals are twofold: that host organizations are equipped with valuable tools and systems, and fellows build AI skills that will serve them in their careers.
The benefits of transformative AI systems could come at the cost of significant disruption. The companies building this technology have a responsibility to make sure the benefits are fully realized and widely shared, and to invest directly in the workers absorbing the change. As such, we’re committing an initial $150m to this program.
If Claude Corps works, we'll have a foundation for something much larger: a model for widening AI's benefits during a period of vast economic change. We’re announcing Claude Corps alongside our policy framework for addressing AI's impact on work.
How Claude Corps works
Claude Corps is set up as a partnership between three organizations. Anthropic will fund the program, lead its overall strategy, and provide Claude expertise. CodePath, an Anthropic nonprofit partner and America’s largest provider of collegiate computer science education, will act as the fellows’ official employer of record and lead programming during the fellowship. Social Finance, a nonprofit and registered investment advisor, will lead measurement and evaluation, and will build a longer-term financial vehicle to enable the program to scale.
The fellow experience
Each fellowship lasts for 12 months. At the beginning of the program, Anthropic and CodePath will provide intensive training on using Claude in nonprofit settings. After being placed, fellows will receive five hours of ongoing training each week, with the remainder of their time dedicated to their host organization.
Fellows will receive a full-time salary of $85,000 and benefits, support from a CodePath mentor, office hours from Anthropic for their technical questions, an expansive Claude token budget, and professional guidance from their manager at the host organization.
Over the next 12 months, at least 400 nonprofits will host Claude Corps Fellows. Host organizations include:
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