Anthropic is providing $10 million CAD to Canadian research institutions, including Amii, Mila, and the Vector Institute, to fund beneficial and responsible AI applications. These partnerships will grant Claude credits to research teams for work in areas like reinforcement learning, AI trust and safety, health, sustainability, multi-agent systems, and robotics. Additionally, hundreds of Canadian startups affiliated with these institutes will receive at least $5,000 USD each in Claude API credits.
Anthropic is locking in future Claude usage and research talent in Canada, expanding its model's footprint in academic and startup ecosystems.