Anthropic expands AI for Science to 20 foundations and research institutions with free Claude credits
rez0__ · x · 2026-10-29
Anthropic expanded its AI for Science program beyond individual scientists to 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups, offering free Claude credits for high-impact research.
- Started May 2025; has supported hundreds of projects across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and math
- Partnered with HHMI Janelia on the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a spec letting AI agents safely operate lab instruments (research preview)
- Supports the Allen Institute in building AI agent teams that turn months of manual data analysis into hours
- Also launched discounted Team plans for scientists
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