Anthropic has launched a public ranking system and directory for the consulting firms that help businesses install and run Claude. The idea is simple: if you want to hire outside help to bring AI into your operations, you can now look up which firms have actually done that work before, and how much of it they have done.
The rating system has three tiers. The entry level, called Select, requires a firm to have at least 10 trained individuals who have used Claude in the past 90 days, at least two completed client installations, and one public reference from a satisfied client. The middle tier, Preferred, requires 100 trained staff and 15 completed client projects. The top tier, Global Premier, requires 1,000 trained staff, 100 completed client projects across at least three different countries, 15 public references, and a joint business plan with Anthropic.
Certifications belong to individual people, not to the firm. This matters because it stops firms from claiming expertise they don't have. A firm's tier drops if its certified staff stop actively using Claude, which is checked every 90 days.
The numbers behind the existing partner base are large. Deloitte has made Claude available to 470,000 people across its global network. Cognizant has done the same for roughly 350,000 associates. KPMG covers more than 276,000 workers. Accenture is training 30,000 professionals specifically on Claude. PwC and Infosys are building out their own practices as well. These are not small experiments.
For any business currently evaluating outside help for an AI project, this directory is a useful filter. The AI consulting market is somewhere between $11 and $14 billion today and is projected to grow to over $70 billion by 2033. That growth means a lot of firms will claim expertise they haven't earned yet. Having a public, verified ranking system makes it harder to fake.
There is also a bigger story here. Anthropic filed confidentially for an IPO just two days ago, at a valuation near $965 billion. The company's annualized revenue has grown to $47 billion, up from roughly $10 billion a year ago. Anthropic's own head of partnerships told the Wall Street Journal directly that this partner program is about demonstrating the company can grow at scale, and that it wants "durability of customer success" to drive durable revenue. In other words, the partner ranking system is also an investor story: Anthropic is showing that its revenue is not just coming from a handful of large clients but is spreading through a structured network of qualified consultants.
For smaller businesses, the practical takeaway is straightforward. If a consulting firm pitches you on an AI project and claims deep expertise with Claude, you can now verify that claim at claude.com/partners. Look for their tier, how many certified people they have, and how many client projects they have completed. A firm at the entry level with two completed projects is very different from one at the top tier with hundreds.
For anyone working inside a consulting firm, this is also a signal about where the market is heading. The firms that train their people on specific AI tools, rack up completed client projects, and earn public references will be the ones that show up at the top of the directory when enterprise buyers go looking. The ones that don't will be invisible.