Why did Samsung SDS sign a strategic partnership with Anthropic in July?

Samsung SDS said the partnership was meant to expand enterprise AI business opportunities in Korea. The company and Anthropic also plan joint marketing, proof-of-concept projects, broader joint business and training for applied AI engineers.

Samsung SDS joins Anthropic's Claude Partner Network as Select-tier partner

Q: What does Samsung SDSs new Select-tier status in Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network mean for its AI business?

The status strengthens Samsung SDS’s end-to-end framework for Claude adoption, including consulting, access through Amazon Bedrock, service implementation, operations and technical support. Samsung SDS said it will use the certification to expand enterprise AI services and AI agents for corporate customers.

Q: How is Samsung SDS using Anthropic’s Claude internally before offering it to customers?

Samsung SDS uses Claude Enterprise under its Client Zero strategy, which tests new technologies in-house before applying them to customers. It currently provides Claude Enterprise to about 70,000 employees across 20 Samsung affiliates.

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Samsung SDS has become the first Korean company to earn Select-tier status in Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, strengthening its enterprise AI services in Korea. The designation follows a strategic partnership signed in July at an AI summit in San Francisco. Samsung SDS said the new status expands its end-to-end support for Claude deployment, implementation, operations and technical support. The company also said it will work with Anthropic on joint marketing, proof-of-concept projects and training applied AI engineers.

Key Facts

Samsung SDS said the Select-tier status recognizes partners with certified technical expertise and experience deploying Claude-based solutions in customers’ production environments.
Samsung SDS already holds certification as an Anthropic Authorized Reseller for Amazon Bedrock, allowing it to supply Claude through AWS’ generative AI platform.
Samsung SDS said it provides Claude Enterprise to about 70,000 employees across 20 Samsung affiliates under its Client Zero strategy.
The company said it will expand Claude-based services and AI agents for corporate customers in the public sector, finance, manufacturing and logistics.

By Lee Gyu-lee

Published Sep 15, 2026 2:03 pm KST

Samsung SDS CEO Lee June-hee, right, and Anthropic Managing Director of International Chris Ciauri pose during a meeting to discuss expanding their enterprise artificial intelligence business in June. Courtesy of Samsung SDS

Samsung SDS has become the first Korean company to earn Select-tier status in Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network (CPN), strengthening its ability to help businesses adopt and operate Claude-based artificial intelligence (AI) services.

The designation comes about two months after the company signed a strategic partnership with the U.S. firm in July at an AI summit in San Francisco to expand enterprise AI business opportunities in Korea.

The CPN’s Select tier recognizes partners with certified technical expertise and experience deploying Claude-based solutions in customers’ production environments.

Samsung SDS said the new status strengthens its end-to-end AI adoption framework, covering consulting on Claude deployment, access to the model through Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Amazon Bedrock platform, service implementation and operations and ongoing technical support.

“By combining Anthropic's frontier AI technology with Samsung SDS's digital transformation expertise across industries, we will accelerate domestic companies’ AI adoption and help create tangible business value,” Samsung SDS CEO Lee June-hee said.

“We will combine global AI technologies, including Claude, with Samsung SDS's multidimensional AI full stack to support customers' successful AI adoption.”

Samsung SDS already holds certification as an Anthropic Authorized Reseller for Amazon Bedrock, allowing it to supply Claude through AWS’ generative AI platform.

With its new Select-tier status, the company plans to strengthen an end-to-end framework covering Claude adoption consulting, access to Claude through Amazon Bedrock, service implementation and operations, and technical support.

Samsung SDS said it will combine Anthropic’s AI technology with its digital and AI transformation expertise across industries including the public sector, finance, manufacturing and logistics to expand Claude-based services and AI agents for corporate customers.

The two companies also plan to identify new business opportunities in Korea, conduct joint marketing and proof-of-concept projects, expand their joint business and train applied AI engineers.

Samsung SDS is building a pool of applied AI engineers capable of supporting customers throughout the AI adoption process, from planning and implementation to operations and technical support.

The company has been using Anthropic’s Claude Enterprise internally under its Client Zero strategy, which involves testing new technologies in-house before applying them to customers.

It currently provides Claude Enterprise to about 70,000 employees across 20 Samsung affiliates. Samsung SDS said the experience gained from those deployments will help it develop enterprise use cases and expand its AI transformation business.

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