Samsung SDS Becomes First Korean Company to Qualify as a Select-Tier Partner in the Claude Partner Network

[Financial News] Samsung SDS announced on the 15th that it had become the first Korean company to qualify as a Select-tier partner in the Claude Partner Network operated by Anthropic, an AI safety and research company.
After signing a strategic partnership with Anthropic at the San Francisco AI Summit in July 2026, Samsung SDS secured Select-tier status, demonstrating its capabilities in implementing, operating, and providing technical support for Claude-based services.
The Select tier of the Claude Partner Network (CPN) is for partners that have certified technical personnel and have demonstrated experience implementing and deploying solutions for joint customers in live operating environments. Samsung SDS has also secured authorized reseller status for Amazon Bedrock, enabling it to supply Claude through Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s generative AI platform and support its adoption and operation.
By additionally obtaining Select-tier status in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network (CPN), Samsung SDS is strengthening a one-stop AI adoption system that covers the entire process, including Claude adoption consulting, Claude supply through Amazon Bedrock, service implementation and operation, and technical support, based on its capabilities in implementing and operating Claude-based services.
Samsung SDS plans to expand the development of Claude-based AI services and agents tailored to enterprise customers' business needs by combining Anthropic's advanced AI technology with its accumulated digital innovation and AI transformation (AX) experience across various industries, including the public sector, finance, manufacturing, and logistics.
In particular, Samsung SDS plans to continue strengthening its service capabilities by systematically training applied AI engineers who can support customers with Claude implementation, operation, and rapid deployment in the field. These engineers will handle the entire process, from planning AI adoption to implementation, operation, and technical support. Under its Client Zero strategy—first applying and validating new technologies internally before expanding them to customers—Samsung SDS is introducing Claude Enterprise into its internal operations to drive productivity innovation. It is also providing Claude Enterprise to approximately 70,000 employees at 20 Samsung affiliates, supporting their transition into AI-native organizations.
Based on this large-scale experience applying Claude internally and across Samsung affiliates, Samsung SDS plans to accumulate practical enterprise use cases and expertise and expand them into customers' AI adoption and AX businesses.
Chris Ciuri, Anthropic's head of international GTM, said, "By securing Select-tier status in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network (CPN), we will further expand our strategic collaboration with Samsung SDS and actively support Korean companies in maximizing productivity and achieving innovation through Claude."
Junehee Lee, president and CEO of Samsung SDS, said, "By combining Anthropic's frontier AI technology with Samsung SDS's accumulated digital innovation experience across industries, we will help accelerate AI adoption by Korean companies and create tangible business value." He added, "We will combine global AI technologies, including Claude, with Samsung SDS's multidimensional AI full stack to support our customers' successful AX transformation."


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