Samsung SDS Becomes Anthropic's First Select Tier Partner in Korea
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Samsung SDS has become the first Korean company to obtain Anthropic's CPN Select Tier partner status.
The CPN Select Tier is granted only to partners with certified technical staff and experience building and applying Claude in real-world operating environments.
Based on this qualification, Samsung SDS plans to provide Claude adoption, service development, operations, and technical support to domestic companies.
Samsung SDS has become the first Korean company to obtain Select Tier partner status in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network (CPN). Samsung SDS announced on the 15th that it had received Select Tier partner qualification in the CPN. Anthropic is an AI safety and research company, and the CPN is a partner program that supports Anthropic's enterprise customers in adopting Claude.
The CPN's Select Tier is granted only to partners that have certified technical staff and can prove experience in building and applying Claude for co-customers in real-world operating environments. Samsung SDS said it has certified technical staff and also has experience in building and applying Claude in real-world operating environments.
Samsung SDS said it plans to support the entire process of adopting Claude for domestic companies, including adoption consulting, service development, operations, and technical support, based on this qualification. According to the photo caption, Lee Jun-hee, CEO of Samsung SDS, and Chris Ciauri, head of Anthropic International GTM, posed for a commemorative photo after a business meeting in June to expand the enterprise AI business.
Samsung SDS secured the CPN Select Tier qualification after signing a strategic partnership with Anthropic at the AI Summit in San Francisco, the U.S., in July. Samsung SDS also obtained authorized reseller status that enables it to supply Claude through Amazon Web Services (AWS)' generative AI platform Amazon Bedrock and support adoption and operations.
Securing the CPN Select Tier means Samsung SDS has officially been recognized for its capabilities in building, operating, and providing technical support for Claude-based services. As a result, Samsung SDS will broaden its official scope of capabilities related to Claude.
With the CPN Select Tier qualification, Samsung SDS will strengthen its consulting capabilities for Claude adoption. It will also reinforce its Claude supply system through Amazon Bedrock, as well as its systems for building, operating, and providing technical support for Claude-based services.
This is in line with the point that securing model access alone is not enough for enterprises to apply generative AI to real work. To put generative AI into actual business use, companies need to connect the model to internal data and existing business systems, apply security policies, and respond to technical issues during operations.
Samsung SDS has set a policy of combining Anthropic's AI models with its own digital transformation and AX experience. Based on its experience accumulated in public sector, finance, manufacturing, and logistics, Samsung SDS plans to expand Claude-based AI services tailored to industry characteristics and business needs.
Samsung SDS will also expand its AI agent development business. Through this, it will move to expand customized AI businesses that combine its experience across multiple industries with Anthropic's models.
Samsung SDS and Anthropic will jointly target the domestic enterprise AI market based on their strategic partnership. The two companies will work together on identifying new business opportunities in the Korean market, joint marketing, PoC, expanding joint businesses, and training Applied AI Engineers.
Samsung SDS plans to systematically train Applied AI Engineers who can build Claude in customers' real-world work environments and operate it stably. Based on its specialist workforce, Samsung SDS will also expand service capabilities in AI adoption planning, implementation and operations, and technical support.
Samsung SDS is pursuing a strategy of combining global AI models, including Claude, with its own cloud, data, security, and SI capabilities for enterprise customers. The structure involves providing the Anthropic-based model while Samsung SDS handles implementation and operations tailored to each industry's work processes, data, and legacy system environment.
Samsung SDS is also using a Client Zero strategy. This involves introducing new technologies early inside the company, verifying them, and then expanding them to external customers. The internal deployment target is Claude Enterprise, and the goal is to improve employee productivity and drive innovation in work methods.
The current scope of provision covers 20 Samsung affiliates, and current usage includes about 70,000 employees. Samsung SDS plans to expand its experience and use cases in applying and operating Claude in large-scale enterprise environments into external customer AI adoption and AX businesses.
Chris Ciauri, head of Anthropic International's GTM, said Samsung SDS is a partner that has the ability to apply AI to real business use in enterprise environments, and a company with strong technical capabilities and industry expertise. He said that with the CPN Select Tier status, the two companies will expand their strategic collaboration and support Korean companies in improving productivity and driving innovation through the use of Claude.
Lee Jun-hee, CEO of Samsung SDS, said the company will help accelerate AI adoption by domestic companies and support the creation of practical business value by combining Anthropic's frontier AI technology with Samsung SDS's industry-specific digital innovation experience. He added that Samsung SDS will combine global AI technologies, including Claude, with its multi-dimensional AI full stack to support customers' successful AX.
Source: IT DAILY · Lee Jae-young
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