AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions
Summary
- Anthropic expanded its AI for Science program by partnering with 20 scientific foundations, institutions, and research groups to provide free Claude credits.
- The program aims to accelerate scientific discovery across biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, climate science, and mathematics.
- Partner organizations include the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Simons Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, US National Science Foundation, and several major research institutions.
- Specific supported initiatives include Princeton's FlyWire, Columbia's LEAP, Johns Hopkins' AstroPath, and the Broad Institute's gnomAD.
- Collaborative projects under this initiative aim to produce public goods like open datasets, open-source software, open standards, and shared libraries.
Why it matters
By distributing free AI credits to major research institutions and funders, Anthropic is deeply embedding its technology into fundamental scientific workflows, potentially accelerating breakthroughs in medicine, climate science, and genomics.