Anthropic Just Opened a Client Directory. Here's How to Get Your Firm Listed.

On June 3, 2026, Anthropic launched something that most professional services firm owners missed in the week's noise: a public directory where your potential clients can search for Claude-certified firms by tier, specialty, and track record.

It's called the Partner Hub. And 40,000 firms have already applied to be listed.

Deloitte enrolled 470,000 employees in Anthropic training. Cognizant: 350,000. Accenture: 30,000. They are not doing this because it's a nice credential. They are doing it because the Partner Hub directory is live, clients are going to use it, and the first firms listed with verified deployments and published case studies will get the referrals.

A 10-person consulting firm can reach Select tier — the entry level — with 10 certified staff, 2 production deployments, and 1 published case study. That is achievable in 60 to 90 days. Here's what you need to know.

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What the Services Track Is (And Why It's Different from the Original Partner Network)

Anthropic launched its original Claude Partner Network in March 2026 with Deloitte and Accenture as anchor partners — a program oriented around enterprise co-selling and shared referrals. The Services Track launched June 3 is a separate and more accessible program designed for firms of all sizes that actually implement Claude in production for clients.

The distinction matters. The original network favored firms with enterprise sales relationships and massive training infrastructure. The Services Track is structured around verified work: certifications earned, client deployments completed, case studies published. A boutique firm with documented implementation history can compete in this tier system on merit.

The three tiers:

Tier	Certified Staff	Production Deployments	Case Studies
Select	10	2	1
Preferred	100	15	3
Global Premier	1,000+	100	15

For a 10–25 person professional services firm, Select is the target. Preferred is realistic if you're actively building an AI practice. Global Premier is designed for the Deloittes of the world.

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The Partner Hub: The Part That Changes Your Client Acquisition

This is the story under the story. The Partner Hub isn't a badge on your website. It's a public directory that prospective clients can search to find certified Claude implementation partners — ranked by tier, certifications, deployments, and published case studies.

That means a CFO looking for an accounting firm that can deploy Claude-assisted financial workflows can open the Partner Hub, search by specialty and region, and find a shortlist of certified firms with verified client work. Your firm either appears on that list or it doesn't.

10,000+ consultants have already earned Claude certifications through the Anthropic Partner Academy. 40,000 firms have applied. The directory is being populated now. Firms that certify in the next 60 days will have several months of directory presence before the fall hiring and advisory cycle when clients start actively seeking AI implementation help.

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How to Get Your Firm to Select Tier

Step 1: Apply to the Services Track

Go to anthropic.com and apply through the Partner Network portal. The Services Track is specifically for firms that implement Claude for clients, not just use it internally. Your application will reference the type of work your firm does and the clients you serve.

Step 2: Get 10 Staff Certified via the Anthropic Partner Academy

The Partner Academy is the official certification source. Coursework covers Claude API fundamentals, enterprise deployment patterns, and implementation best practices. For a 10-person firm, certifying all staff puts you at Select threshold immediately. For a 25-person firm, certify your senior advisors and one or two staff who work directly on client AI projects.

Anthropic has invested $100M in partner training infrastructure. The certification is designed to be completable — this is not a multi-year credentialing process.

Step 3: Document 2 Production Deployments

A "production deployment" is a live Claude workflow you've built for a client — not a pilot, not a demo. If you've helped a client build an AI-assisted contract review workflow, a client communications template system, or a financial analysis pipeline, that counts.

If you don't have two yet: now is the time to take the work you've been doing informally and formalize it. One small engagement with a client who agreed to be referenced is worth more in the Partner Hub than 50 hours of internal experimentation.

Step 4: Publish One Case Study

The case study doesn't need to be long. It needs to describe the client's problem, the Claude workflow you built, and the measurable outcome. "We helped a 12-attorney immigration firm automate client intake forms using Claude, reducing processing time from 4 hours to 45 minutes" is a case study. You can anonymize the client if needed. The case study goes on your site and is referenced in your Partner Hub listing.

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What This Means by Firm Type

Consulting firms: The most direct path. If you've helped any client build a Claude workflow — even once — you have the nucleus of two deployments and a case study. Certify 10 staff and apply immediately. Consulting clients asking "who should we use for this?" are going to start with the Partner Hub.

Accounting firms: The certification differentiates you from the 78% of accounting firms that have deployed AI without being able to prove it (see the TR AI Great Disconnect). Clients who care about verified AI capability — increasingly, larger clients with audit risk and compliance concerns — will treat Partner Hub listing as a credibility signal. The CAIRA credential from AICPA covers the internal competency; Partner Hub covers the client-facing signal.

Law firms: If you're advising clients on AI implementation or using Claude for client work, the deployment count is already there. The IMA/AICPA credential push signals that AI credentials are becoming table stakes across professional services. Law is no exception.

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The Window Is Open Now

The Big Four have a structural advantage in the Preferred and Global Premier tiers — they have hundreds of thousands of employees to certify. They do not have a structural advantage at Select tier.

Select tier requires 10 certified staff, 2 deployments, 1 case study. That is 10 people doing coursework, 2 client projects documented, and 1 writeup published. A firm that prioritizes this in the next 60 days will have months of directory presence and search visibility before the fall advisory cycle — before competitors in their region have even applied.

The 40,000 firms in the application queue are real competition. Most of them will be slow to complete certification. The ones that aren't will own the early directory positions in their specialty and geography.

Anthropic did not build the Partner Hub as a vanity program. They built it because enterprise and mid-market clients are going to use it to find implementation partners. Getting listed is table stakes for any firm building an AI practice.

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What to Do This Week

1. Apply to the Services Track at anthropic.com/partners. Takes 15 minutes.
2. Identify your two most complete client AI projects — the ones where you built something that runs in production, even informally. Document the problem, the workflow, the outcome. That is your deployment record.
3. Assign 10 staff to start Partner Academy certification — even if you don't have 10 people, certify everyone who works on AI-adjacent projects.
4. Draft your case study — 300 words, one client problem, one Claude workflow, one outcome metric. Anonymize if needed. Publish it.

The directory is live. Clients are going to search it. Your firm either appears or it doesn't.