Announcements PwC is deploying Claude to build technology, execute deals, and reinvent enterprise functions for clients

PwC is deploying Claude to build technology, execute deals, and reinvent enterprise functions for clients Anthropic and PwC today announced an expansion of their strategic alliance, deepening how PwC uses Claude to build technology, execute deals, and reinvent enterprise functions for clients across every industry it serves. Most enterprises are still running on systems and processes built for a pre-AI world—a drag that is estimated to be more than $2 trillion. Together, Anthropic and PwC are helping companies replace that weight and rebuild around AI. Key elements of the announcement: - PwC will roll out Claude Code and Cowork starting with U.S. teams and expanding toward a global workforce of hundreds of thousands of professionals. - The companies are establishing a joint Center of Excellence and a program to train and certify 30,000 PwC professionals on Claude. - The collaboration focuses on three areas of highest leverage: agentic technology build, AI-native deal-making, and reinvention of the enterprise function. - PwC is launching a new finance business group (Office of the CFO) built on Claude as the first standalone business unit anchored in Anthropic's technology. - Claude is already running in production across professional sports operations, insurance underwriting, mainframe modernization, HR transformation, and cybersecurity—cutting delivery times by up to 70%. "PwC has been leading AI's expansion into the parts of the economy where accuracy and reliability are non-negotiable—financial services, healthcare, life sciences, cybersecurity—and the results are clear. Insurance underwriting that took ten weeks now takes ten days. Security work that took hours now takes minutes. We're excited to put Claude in the hands of hundreds of thousands of people across PwC's workforce," said Dario Amodei, Cofounder and CEO, Anthropic. "The conversation around AI has shifted from possibility to execution. Clients are looking for ways to apply AI that are secure, responsible, and capable of delivering measurable outcomes in complex business environments. Our collaboration with Anthropic brings together advanced AI capabilities and PwC's industry experience to help organizations move from exploration to enterprise-wide impact with greater confidence," said Paul Griggs, US Senior Partner and CEO, PwC. Areas of focus The biggest gains for enterprises will come from AI systems that complete tasks end-to-end, run continuously, and let the most experienced professionals operate at a scale not previously possible. PwC and Anthropic are building them in production today, across PwC's global network. The expansion centers on three areas: - Agentic technology build. Engineering teams are using Claude Code to ship production software for major companies in weeks, not quarters. This includes a growing portfolio of agentic builds across financial services, pharma and life sciences, healthcare, and consumer markets. - AI-native deal-making. PwC is reinventing how it executes deals end-to-end — diligence, value creation, integration — with agents working alongside deal teams. For private equity sponsors and corporate acquirers, this compresses the path from thesis to value capture and changes the economics of what's worth doing. - Reinvention of the enterprise function. Where many are running pilots, PwC is running production—including building scalable AI-native…