# Anthropic commits $100 million to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027

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Date: 2 Oct 2026
About: [Anthropic](https://technooptimist.io/companies/anthropic.md)
Original source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-frontier-academy

Anthropic is putting $100 million into Claude Frontier Academy, aiming to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027 to help enterprises deploy Claude. The first program pairs a multi-day in-person course with a 12-week residency in which each engineer leads a real Claude use case at their own organization.

## Key facts

- The course ends with a graded practical; passing the end-of-residency assessment earns the Claude Frontier Deployed Engineer badge, with the first badges expected in early 2027.
- Cohorts are running now in San Francisco, New York and London.
- Early cohorts include engineers from Accenture, Bain, Capgemini, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley and Novo Nordisk.
- Participation is by nomination; candidates need strong software fundamentals and a record of building with LLMs, and prior agent experience is not required.

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