Anthropic and NEC partner to build AI-native engineering at scale in Japan
Summary
Anthropic and NEC Corporation have entered a strategic partnership to establish one of Japan's largest AI-native engineering organizations. NEC will deploy Anthropic's Claude models to approximately 30,000 employees globally, integrating tools like Claude Code and Claude Cowork into internal workflows and customer-facing services. The collaboration focuses on developing secure, industry-specific AI solutions for sectors such as finance, manufacturing, and cybersecurity, while leveraging NEC's "Client Zero" initiative to refine these technologies before commercial deployment. Additionally, NEC will establish a Center of Excellence to train staff and enhance its cybersecurity service offerings using Claude.
(Source:Anthropic)