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Anthropic appoints former US Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Long-Term Benefit Trust
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) has appointed former US Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke as its newest member as per a statement by the company. As per the release, Ben Bernanke is a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution and led the the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. 'He joins an independent body that works to hold Anthropic to its mission: the responsible development of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity,' the company said. During his tenure at the US Federal Reserve Chair, Bernanke led the central bank through the 2008 global financial crisis and subsequent recovery. Before joining the government, Bernanke spent more than 20 years in academia, primarily at Princeton University, where he chaired the economics department. His influential research on the Great Depression and the role of banks in financial crises earned him the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. 'The potential of artificial intelligence is enormous, and so is the range of outcomes. How that potential plays out will depend, in part, on the institutions we build around it,' said Bernanke, as per the release. Bernanke further added Anthropic's unique governance structure is designed to ensure that the long-term benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity significantly outweigh its risks. 'I am honored to have this opportunity, and I will try to contribute in any way I can to this critical mission,' he said. Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation, structured to balance commercial success with broader societal benefit. Its Long-Term Benefit Trust serves as an independent oversight body, helping ensure the company develops and deploys AI responsibly while staying aligned with its long-term public interest mission. Neil Buddy Shah, Chair of the LTBT said, 'The institutions built around this technology will matter as much as the technology itself.' Commenting on Ben's appointment he said 'Ben spent eight years leading the Federal Reserve and guided the country through the worst financial crisis in nearly a century with expertise, independence, and sound judgment. That's the standard we look for in Trustees as AI's impact grows, and we're fortunate Ben has chosen to join us in this work.' (ANI)
Anthropic appoints former US Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Long-Term Benefit Trust
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) has appointed former US Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke as its newest member as per a statement by the company. As per the release, Ben Bernanke is a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution and led the the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. 'He joins an independent body that works to hold Anthropic to its mission: the responsible development of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity,' the company said. During his tenure at the US Federal Reserve Chair, Bernanke led the central bank through the 2008 global financial crisis and subsequent recovery. Before joining the government, Bernanke spent more than 20 years in academia, primarily at Princeton University, where he chaired the economics department. His influential research on the Great Depression and the role of banks in financial crises earned him the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. 'The potential of artificial intelligence is enormous, and so is the range of outcomes. How that potential plays out will depend, in part, on the institutions we build around it,' said Bernanke, as per the release. Bernanke further added Anthropic's unique governance structure is designed to ensure that the long-term benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity significantly outweigh its risks. 'I am honored to have this opportunity, and I will try to contribute in any way I can to this critical mission,' he said. Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation, structured to balance commercial success with broader societal benefit. Its Long-Term Benefit Trust serves as an independent oversight body, helping ensure the company develops and deploys AI responsibly while staying aligned with its long-term public interest mission. Neil Buddy Shah, Chair of the LTBT said, 'The institutions built around this technology will matter as much as the technology itself.' Commenting on Ben's appointment he said 'Ben spent eight years leading the Federal Reserve and guided the country through the worst financial crisis in nearly a century with expertise, independence, and sound judgment. That's the standard we look for in Trustees as AI's impact grows, and we're fortunate Ben has chosen to join us in this work.' (ANI)
Anthropic appoints former US Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to Long-Term Benefit Trust
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) has appointed former US Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke as its newest member as per a statement by the company. As per the release, Ben Bernanke is a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution and led the the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. 'He joins an independent body that works to hold Anthropic to its mission: the responsible development of advanced AI for the long-term benefit of humanity,' the company said. During his tenure at the US Federal Reserve Chair, Bernanke led the central bank through the 2008 global financial crisis and subsequent recovery. Before joining the government, Bernanke spent more than 20 years in academia, primarily at Princeton University, where he chaired the economics department. His influential research on the Great Depression and the role of banks in financial crises earned him the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. 'The potential of artificial intelligence is enormous, and so is the range of outcomes. How that potential plays out will depend, in part, on the institutions we build around it,' said Bernanke, as per the release. Bernanke further added Anthropic's unique governance structure is designed to ensure that the long-term benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity significantly outweigh its risks. 'I am honored to have this opportunity, and I will try to contribute in any way I can to this critical mission,' he said. Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation, structured to balance commercial success with broader societal benefit. Its Long-Term Benefit Trust serves as an independent oversight body, helping ensure the company develops and deploys AI responsibly while staying aligned with its long-term public interest mission. Neil Buddy Shah, Chair of the LTBT said, 'The institutions built around this technology will matter as much as the technology itself.' Commenting on Ben's appointment he said 'Ben spent eight years leading the Federal Reserve and guided the country through the worst financial crisis in nearly a century with expertise, independence, and sound judgment. That's the standard we look for in Trustees as AI's impact grows, and we're fortunate Ben has chosen to join us in this work.' (ANI)
Elon Musk calls Anthropic AI leader, says no model as good as Mythos, Fable - CNBC TV18
Elon Musk's comments come after the US Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 early this month. The restrictions had been imposed on June 12 over alleged national security concerns, forcing the AI company to suspend their availability. Elon Musk has declared Anthropic the current "leader in AI", saying no company has released a model as good as Mythos and Fable, while admitting he was "clearly wrong" about the rival AI startup. Musk was responding to an X post that claimed SpaceX AI now had a frontier model capable of competing with OpenAI's GPT-4.8 and that Anthropic was heavily reliant on computing capacity rented from SpaceX AI. The post also resurfaced a September 2025 remark from Musk, in which he had said, "Winning was never in the set of possible outcomes for Anthropic." "I was clearly wrong about Anthropic. They are obviously currently the leader in AI. No company has released a model as good as Mythos/Fable and they will undoubtedly have Mythos 2 ready soon," Musk said. His comments come after the US Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 early this month. The restrictions had been imposed on June 12 over alleged national security concerns, forcing the AI company to suspend their availability. The US had partially eased the curbs last month by allowing Anthropic to offer Mythos 5 to more than 100 "trusted" US organisations, including companies involved in critical infrastructure. Broader access, however, remained restricted until the controls were lifted. Musk also rejected the suggestion that he could cut off Anthropic's access to computing resources to hurt the rival company. "I would never cut them off in a way that hurt them badly, even as a competitor. That's not my style," he said. The billionaire cited Tesla's open-source patents and its decision to make the Supercharger network available to competitors, as well as SpaceX's approach to competing satellite systems, as examples of allowing competition.
SpaceX Was Just Flooded With Buy Reports Across Wall Street. Do Analysts Know Something Retail Investors Don't?
This week, a wave of equity research reports from sell-side analysts was released on Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX). The big takeaway is that Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on SpaceX stock. With so many banks publishing their first formal reports on SpaceX and coming to the same optimistic outlook, it begs the question: Does Wall Street know something retail investors don't? Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks " Why were so many reports for SpaceX stock published on the same day? When a company completes its initial public offering (IPO) and its shares begin trading, a quiet period begins. This window typically lasts between 25 and 40 days after the newly public company begins trading. During the quiet period, the investment banks that underwrote the IPO are prohibited from issuing forward-looking statements, promotional material, or equity research analysis. The rule exists to prevent the same institutions that helped price and sell the IPO stock in question from immediately hyping the deal or leaking material information that could influence market sentiment. Analysts working for the lead underwriters must remain silent because any positive research they publish too close to the offering could be viewed as an extension of the marketing effort rather than independent analysis. Once the quiet period ends, these banks are free to initiate coverage. In the case of SpaceX, this is exactly what just happened: A cluster of reports appeared on the same day because the calendar restriction had been lifted. Image source: Getty Images. What does Wall Street think of SpaceX stock? The table below summarizes the ratings and stock price targets analysts recently issued for SpaceX. Data Source: Yahoo! Finance Among the firms in the table, all gave Buy or Buy-equivalent ratings on SpaceX stock, except one. Unsurprisingly, longtime Tesla supporter and former Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is bullish on SpaceX. The price targets primarily range between $190 and $300, with notable outliers at Raymond James and MoffettNathanson. SpaceX's bullish thesis converges on three interlocking growth drivers. First, Starlink is shifting from primarily consumer broadband toward enterprise and telecommunications customers. This could unlock higher-margin contracts with government agencies, airlines, maritime operators, and large corporations that require reliable global connectivity. Second, SpaceX is positioned to support the acceleration of AI infrastructure buildouts by delivering additional capacity to hyperscalers. So far, SpaceX has signed $82 billion in infrastructure deals with Anthropic, Google Cloud, and Reflection AI. Third, operational improvements in rocket reusability and launch cadence in the Starship program stand to dramatically lower costs to orbit. These efficiencies can help expand SpaceX's addressable market for both satellite deployment and crewed missions. Taken together, these variables paint a picture of a company transitioning from a high-burn, capital-intensive launch and satellite operator into a diversified technology enabler with multidecade tailwinds. Understanding the limits of analyst price targets Wall Street analysts tend to have meaningful access to the C-Suite at large companies. By contrast, retail investors usually have a tough time getting past the Investor Relations department. With this in mind, many Wall Street analysts have access to information that most investors do not. However, they are strictly prohibited from issuing reports based solely on that information. This is all to say that even if Wall Street does know certain things that most investors do not, the price targets above are still just opinions -- not guarantees. These price targets rest heavily on modeling assumptions about revenue growth, profit margins, and discount rates that can shift quickly. Blindly chasing the most optimistic targets or treating the consensus opinion as a certainty ignores the fact that the stock market tends to price in best-case scenarios before they actually materialize. Investors who rely solely on these reports risk overlooking valuation discipline, balance-sheet risk, and the possibility that even accurate long-term narratives can produce stomach-churning short-term drawdowns. While the end of the quiet period gives investors a clearer picture of professional sentiment around SpaceX stock, these views are just one data point among many. 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Elon Musk Says Anthropic Leads AI Race as Claude Models Challenge OpenAI
Elon Musk Says Anthropic Leads AI Race as Claude Models Challenge OpenAI. Source: Ministério Das Comunicações, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Elon Musk has publicly praised artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, saying the company is "obviously" the current leader in AI, in a rare acknowledgment of a key rival as competition among top AI developers intensifies. Musk made the remark on X while responding to a discussion comparing the performance of leading AI models. Although he did not explain the reasoning behind his assessment, the comment highlights Anthropic's growing influence in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives, including Chief Executive Dario Amodei, Anthropic has become one of the strongest challengers to OpenAI, Google, and Musk's own xAI. The company has built a strong reputation through its Claude family of AI models, which have gained widespread popularity, particularly among software developers and businesses. Anthropic's momentum accelerated after the launch of Claude Opus 4.5 late last year. The advanced AI model earned widespread recognition for its coding performance, attracting software engineers and AI researchers who increasingly adopted Claude over competing AI assistants. The model's strong coding capabilities fueled its rapid growth within the developer community. The company later broadened its reach with the introduction of Claude Cowork, a platform designed to help businesses and non-technical users automate tasks such as research, writing, and workplace productivity. The expansion beyond coding strengthened Anthropic's position in the enterprise AI market and reinforced its status as one of the fastest-growing companies in the sector. Anthropic's rapid growth has also attracted significant investor interest. The company confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering in June, shortly after completing a funding round that reportedly valued the AI startup at approximately $965 billion. If completed, the IPO could rank among the largest public listings in the artificial intelligence industry. As competition intensifies among leading AI companies, Musk's endorsement underscores Anthropic's rising prominence in the race to develop next-generation AI models. With continued advances in coding assistants and enterprise productivity tools, Anthropic is increasingly positioning itself as a formidable competitor to OpenAI and other major players in the global AI market.
OpenAI Triggers AI Price War With GPT-5.6 Launch Against Anthropic Claude Dominance
OpenAI made its most aggressive competitive move yet against Anthropic, launching GPT-5.6 models and a new enterprise product called ChatGPT Work. The dual announcement signals OpenAI shift from pure capability competition to enterprise value delivery, betting that superior price-to-performance will win over corporate customers currently favoring Anthropic. The market has flipped. Ramp AI Index for May 2026 showed Anthropic at 34.4 percent of business adoption against OpenAI 32.3 percent, the first time Anthropic led on that survey. Enterprise spend tilts toward Anthropic at 32-40 percent depending on measurement, down from OpenAI dominance at 50 percent in 2023. OpenAI product leadership is accelerating to stop the bleed. The Pricing Angle OpenAI response acknowledges what enterprise buyers actually need once pilots graduate into production systems. Anthropic leaned into reliability and instruction-faithful work. OpenAI counters with price cuts and productivity features. GPT-5.6 Luna beats Claude Opus 4.8 on some benchmarks while costing less, threatening Claude core value proposition. Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 at half the price of Mythos Preview just days before OpenAI price cuts, suggesting both companies anticipated competitive pricing pressure. The AI market is entering true competition after years of supply scarcity. Enterprise Implications Multi-model orchestration becomes real. Enterprises now compare not just capability but ROI on different model families. ChatGPT Work positions OpenAI as an alternative to Anthropic, while Anthropic continues building enterprise trust through reliability focus. The war is won not by benchmark dominance but by production performance and cost efficiency.
Anthropic reportedly seeks up to 1.4GW of Australian data centre capacity
I'm a strategic communications practitioner, with extensive experience as a technology journalist, analyst, editor, internal communications consultant and corporate public relations specialist Anthropic is seeking to secure more than 1.4GW of Australian data centre capacity as part of a long-term AI infrastructure strategy, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review, in what would represent one of the largest AI infrastructure procurements ever contemplated in Australia if it proceeds. The AFR, citing confidential tender documents it has obtained, reported that the US AI company is seeking a long-term development partner capable of delivering a data centre campus exceeding 1.4GW, with a goal of bringing at least 1GW of capacity online by the end of 2027. According to the newspaper, Anthropic is also prepared to participate in development risk where a suitable site has not yet been secured. The publication reported that requests for proposal were issued to several Australian data centre developers, including CDC Data Centres, AirTrunk, NEXTDC, IREN and Stack Infrastructure. Initial proposals were submitted earlier this year, with shortlisted bidders subsequently participating in site meetings in Canberra. According to the AFR, Anthropic is expected to make a final decision in the coming weeks and may ultimately divide the procurement across multiple providers rather than selecting a single development partner. Anthropic declined to comment to the AFR. Aligning with Australia's AI infrastructure strategy While the reported procurement has not been confirmed by Anthropic, the company has already publicly signalled its intention to establish a significant long-term presence in Australia. In April, Anthropic became the first AI company to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Government under the National AI Plan. Under the agreement, Anthropic committed to align any future Australian operations with the Government's Expectations for Data Centres and AI Infrastructure Developers, including supporting Australia's energy transition and engaging on future infrastructure planning. The memorandum also states that Anthropic recognises the importance of expanding Australia's energy supply and transmission infrastructure, with a focus on firmed renewable energy, and intends to engage with the government on infrastructure planning as its Australian operations expand. The company has also opened a Sydney office as part of its Australian expansion, with the government describing the agreement as the first collaborative arrangement signed under the National AI Plan and signalling Australia's ambition to attract AI investment aligned with national priorities. The scale of the reported tender is consistent with a broader pattern of Australian hiring: Anthropic has recently advertised for multiple roles in its compute team based in Australia, spanning data centre engineering and operations, suggesting the company is building out local capability ahead of any procurement decision rather than only negotiating a paper commitment. Scale reflects accelerating AI demand If the figures reported by the AFR prove accurate, the procurement would significantly exceed the scale of most individual data centre developments currently planned in Australia and further reinforce the shift towards gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure. According to the AFR, Anthropic's tender requested detailed information from prospective partners covering financing capability, available land, development experience, energy procurement, security credentials and the ability to deliver projects at unprecedented scale. The publication reported that the AI company estimated a project of this size could require between USD 12 billion and USD 15 billion in debt and equity financing. Notably, the AFR reported that Anthropic's own tender documents acknowledge the company remains rated non-investment-grade by credit agencies, with prospective partners asked to set out how that financing would be underwritten given the company's current credit standing. The procurement also aligns with Anthropic's broader public statements that Australia is a strategic location for future AI infrastructure. Following the signing of its memorandum of understanding, the company said it viewed Australia as an attractive destination for AI investment and committed to supporting the Government's objective of developing trusted, sustainable AI infrastructure. This comes despite recent turbulence around Anthropic's Australian commercial access: the company's Mythos-tier model was briefly unavailable to Australian companies in June, after US export controls prompted a temporary suspension, before access was restored on 1 July. The episode was a reminder that Anthropic's Australian footprint spans both major infrastructure commitments and day-to-day commercial access that remains subject to US regulatory settings.
OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies | New Straits Times
MEXICO CITY: OpenAI on Thursday unveiled ChatGPT Work, a new artificial intelligence (AI) agent designed to help office workers use advanced coding capabilities to create documents, presentations and websites without requiring programming expertise. The service combines OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot with its AI coding tool, Codex, and is powered by the company's latest AI model, GPT-5.6, which also debuted on Thursday. The launch of GPT-5.6 had been delayed last month at the request of the US government over national security concerns. ChatGPT Work is OpenAI's direct response to Anthropic's Claude Cowork, introduced in January, which is capable of planning and executing multi step tasks autonomously. The launch highlights intensifying competition among AI companies to develop tools for professional users, as demand grows for AI agents capable of completing complex tasks with minimal human input. What To Read Next OpenAI and Anthropic, both reportedly preparing for potential public listings, are competing aggressively for enterprise customers, a more lucrative market than consumer products. Both ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork are aimed at non coders seeking to use AI coding tools, which generally offer greater capabilities than standard chatbots but typically require specialised technical knowledge. OpenAI said its latest offering would be more affordable and widely available than competing products. The company also introduced three versions of its GPT-5.6 model. "You can apply the model's ability to code to solve problems across every industry," said Ty Geri, product manager for ChatGPT Work. Geri said GPT-5.6 is competitive with significantly more expensive models while operating at roughly twice the speed and at a much lower cost. The announcement also reflects growing concerns among businesses over the expense of deploying advanced AI tools. Max Weinbach, an analyst at consulting firm Creative Strategies, said the smallest version of OpenAI's new model can perform tasks almost as effectively as the largest version at about one fifth of the cost. "This is the first time where I've seen the small models complete these kinds of tasks," he said. Before launching ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's AI agent offerings included Operator and Deep Research, which were later consolidated into ChatGPT Agent for individual users, as well as Workspace Agents for enterprise workflow automation. ChatGPT Work will begin rolling out on Thursday for web and mobile users, starting with Pro, Enterprise and Edu subscribers before expanding to Plus and Business users over the next few days. OpenAI also introduced a new ChatGPT desktop application and a hosted websites feature, allowing users to build and share websites directly through ChatGPT Work.
UST Integrates Anthropic's Claude AI Across Engineering Systems
predict.info -- Premium Domain For Sale Domain only: USD 200,000. Prediction platform technology priced separately. predict.info Anthropic, the $350 billion AI research powerhouse, has partnered with technology services firm UST to integrate its Claude AI into critical engineering and industrial workflows. The collaboration will deploy Claude across UST's global client base in sectors like semiconductors, automotive, healthcare, and banking, with the aim of accelerating production, reducing errors, and improving efficiency. UST, which supports companies in designing and validating chips, running factories, and managing connected devices, is embedding Claude into its engineering systems. Notably, UST's iDEC platform -- a tool for validating hardware and silicon -- will now feature Claude as a reasoning layer. By automating regression tests and analyzing real-time hardware data against digital twins, iDEC has already cut validation cycle times by up to 70%, and Claude's integration is expected to streamline these processes even further. "Claude Code can read schematics, write and execute tests, and hold long-term context across engineering tasks," UST CEO Krishna Sudheendra stated. This allows earlier detection of design flaws, saving significant time and cost. For example, catching a flaw during design validation is far less expensive than discovering it post-production. Expanding to Healthcare, Telecom, and Banking Beyond manufacturing, UST is bringing Claude into platforms for healthcare, telecom, and banking: * Healthcare: Claude powers UST CarePath, streamlining care management and claims processing while maintaining compliance with strict data governance rules. * Telecom: In network operations, Claude helps predict failures and resolve outages faster, reducing downtime for telecom providers. * Banking: Through UST FinX, Claude supports mid-sized banks by automating workflows, assisting with intelligent case handling, and enabling smoother integrations for outdated core systems. As part of the partnership, UST will train 20,000 engineers, consultants, and industry specialists on Claude globally. Anthropic is providing technical enablement and certification to support this rollout, solidifying UST as a Global Premier Partner in its Claude Partner Network. Why It Matters Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI researchers in 2021, is best known for its safety-focused Claude AI systems. Unlike other AI players prioritizing speed-to-market, Anthropic emphasizes reliability, safety, and governance, making it a natural fit for high-stakes industries. By embedding Claude into UST's workflows, the partnership demonstrates how AI can operationalize complex engineering tasks without compromising safety or control. With Anthropic reportedly valued at up to $380 billion as of February 2026, this partnership reinforces its growing influence in enterprise AI. For UST's clients, the integration offers a competitive edge in navigating increasingly complex production and operational challenges. The move also signals Claude's evolution beyond conversational AI into specialized industrial applications, setting the stage for broader AI adoption in regulated sectors. As Anthropic continues to expand its footprint, the success of partnerships like this will be a key indicator of AI's ability to transform traditional industries safely and effectively.
SpaceX Was Just Flooded With Buy Reports Across Wall Street. Do Analysts Know Something Retail Investors Don't?
This week, a wave of equity research reports from sell-side analysts was released on Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +2.38%). The big takeaway is that Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on SpaceX stock. With so many banks publishing their first formal reports on SpaceX and coming to the same optimistic outlook, it begs the question: Does Wall Street know something retail investors don't? Why were so many reports for SpaceX stock published on the same day? When a company completes its initial public offering (IPO) and its shares begin trading, a quiet period begins. This window typically lasts between 25 and 40 days after the newly public company begins trading. During the quiet period, the investment banks that underwrote the IPO are prohibited from issuing forward-looking statements, promotional material, or equity research analysis. The rule exists to prevent the same institutions that helped price and sell the IPO stock in question from immediately hyping the deal or leaking material information that could influence market sentiment. Analysts working for the lead underwriters must remain silent because any positive research they publish too close to the offering could be viewed as an extension of the marketing effort rather than independent analysis. Once the quiet period ends, these banks are free to initiate coverage. In the case of SpaceX, this is exactly what just happened: A cluster of reports appeared on the same day because the calendar restriction had been lifted. What does Wall Street think of SpaceX stock? The table below summarizes the ratings and stock price targets analysts recently issued for SpaceX. Data Source: Yahoo! Finance Among the firms in the table, all gave Buy or Buy-equivalent ratings on SpaceX stock, except one. Unsurprisingly, longtime Tesla supporter and former Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is bullish on SpaceX. The price targets primarily range between $190 and $300, with notable outliers at Raymond James and MoffettNathanson. SpaceX's bullish thesis converges on three interlocking growth drivers. First, Starlink is shifting from primarily consumer broadband toward enterprise and telecommunications customers. This could unlock higher-margin contracts with government agencies, airlines, maritime operators, and large corporations that require reliable global connectivity. Second, SpaceX is positioned to support the acceleration of AI infrastructure buildouts by delivering additional capacity to hyperscalers. So far, SpaceX has signed $82 billion in infrastructure deals with Anthropic, Google Cloud, and Reflection AI. Third, operational improvements in rocket reusability and launch cadence in the Starship program stand to dramatically lower costs to orbit. These efficiencies can help expand SpaceX's addressable market for both satellite deployment and crewed missions. Taken together, these variables paint a picture of a company transitioning from a high-burn, capital-intensive launch and satellite operator into a diversified technology enabler with multidecade tailwinds. Understanding the limits of analyst price targets Wall Street analysts tend to have meaningful access to the C-Suite at large companies. By contrast, retail investors usually have a tough time getting past the Investor Relations department. With this in mind, many Wall Street analysts have access to information that most investors do not. However, they are strictly prohibited from issuing reports based solely on that information. This is all to say that even if Wall Street does know certain things that most investors do not, the price targets above are still just opinions -- not guarantees. These price targets rest heavily on modeling assumptions about revenue growth, profit margins, and discount rates that can shift quickly. Blindly chasing the most optimistic targets or treating the consensus opinion as a certainty ignores the fact that the stock market tends to price in best-case scenarios before they actually materialize. Investors who rely solely on these reports risk overlooking valuation discipline, balance-sheet risk, and the possibility that even accurate long-term narratives can produce stomach-churning short-term drawdowns. While the end of the quiet period gives investors a clearer picture of professional sentiment around SpaceX stock, these views are just one data point among many.
China Warns of "Backdoor" Security Risk in Anthropic's Claude Code
A cybersecurity platform run by China's industry ministry has warned that it found a serious security "backdoor" risk in Anthropic's AI coding tool, Claude Code. The National Vulnerability Database, affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, posted the alert on Wednesday. It said the tool's built-in monitoring can transmit sensitive information, including a user's location and identity, to a remote server without consent. Key Takeaways * China's National Vulnerability Database said Claude Code contains a "security back-door vulnerability that poses a serious threat," affecting versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196. * That version range spans releases from April 2 to June 29; the latest build as of Wednesday was 2.1.204, three point releases past the flagged cutoff. * Anthropic said the code was an experiment earlier this year to protect against distillation, and noted its policy bars use by entities majority-owned by China-headquartered organizations. Claude Code is an agentic tool that can generate, debug, and review code from user prompts. The NVDB statement, translated from Chinese, said the affected versions could send data including a user's location and identity to a remote server without permission. The agency advised users to uninstall the flagged versions or upgrade to a secure release, and to tighten controls on external network access and traffic monitoring within core business networks. Anthropic pushed back. Asked about the warning, the company said the "backdoor" was an experiment earlier this year meant to protect against distillation, the practice of extracting a model's capabilities to train a rival. It also pointed out that its policy prohibits use by entities majority-owned by China-headquartered organizations, meaning the flagged users were not supposed to be running the product. A Wider US-China Tech Standoff The alert lands as the US-China AI contest intensifies. Last month Anthropic accused Chinese company Alibaba of trying to extract its AI capabilities, which are not officially available in China. Alibaba did not comment at the time, and has since ordered employees to stop using Anthropic tools for work starting July 10, directing them to its own coding platform instead. Many developers in China still reach US tools through VPNs and proxies; in March, a Xiaomi AI developer said at a state forum that many were using Claude Code. The technical claim itself is not unusual on its face. Most modern developer tools send telemetry, crash reports, and usage data back to their makers, and whether that amounts to a backdoor depends on scope, disclosure, and consent, none of which the notice specified. Independent researchers outside China have not yet corroborated the claim, and no CVE has been filed against the affected versions. Anthropic has said the users being advised to uninstall were not meant to have access in the first place. The bigger story is a market splitting along national lines. The episode adds Anthropic to a short list of US labs formally warned against inside China, part of a decoupling that is reshaping how enterprise AI gets sold. Anthropic has spent the year expanding Claude Code across new surfaces and growing its paying base, even as US export controls and cross-border tensions complicate its reach. The distillation fight also has history: the company previously cut off a rival's access over terms-of-service violations, underscoring how aggressively frontier labs now guard their models. For most Chinese users the practical impact is limited, since the product was never officially sold there, but the reputational note becomes a talking point in markets where it does compete.
OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies
ChatGPT Work will be available on web and mobile from July 9, including a desktop app and hosted websites feature for easy content creation and sharing. WASHINGTON - OpenAI showcased a new AI agent on July 9 meant to help white-collar workers access the power of coding tools without the sticker shock. The agent, called ChatGPT Work, combines OpenAI's popular chatbot with its AI coding tool, Codex, to create documents, presentations and websites, the company said. The service is powered by OpenAI's most advanced AI model, GPT-5.6, which also debuted on July 9. That model's launch was delayed in June at the US government's request over national security fears. ChatGPT Work is a direct answer to Anthropic's Claude Cowork, an agent it launched in January that is capable of planning and executing multi-step tasks autonomously. The launch reflects intensifying competition to build and sell AI tools for professional use, as technology companies seek to capitalise on rising demand for autonomous agents that can complete complex tasks with minimal human input. Anthropic and OpenAI - both of which are preparing for possible public offerings soon - are fighting for enterprise business, which is more lucrative than selling products to consumers. Both ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork are designed for non-coders who want to tap into the abilities of AI coding tools, which are often more capable than standard chatbots but require specialised knowledge. OpenAI officials emphasised that its new offerings would be both cheaper and more broadly available than its rivals' products. The company launched three different sizes of its 5.6 model. "You can apply the model's ability to code to solve problems across every industry," said Ty Geri, product manager for ChatGPT Work, in an interview. Geri described OpenAI's 5.6 model as "competitive with models that are far, far more expensive at twice the speed and much, much cheaper". The July 9 announcement also underscores a growing concern among companies about the high cost of using such AI tools. Max Weinbach, analyst at consulting firm Creative Strategies, said the smallest version of OpenAI's new model can complete a task about as well as the largest version - but at one-fifth of the cost. "This is the first time where I've seen the small models complete these kinds of tasks," he said. Before this launch, OpenAI's agentic offerings included Operator and deep research, later consolidated into ChatGPT Agent for individual users, as well as Workspace Agents for enterprise workflow automation. ChatGPT Work will roll out on July 9 on web and mobile, beginning with Pro, Enterprise and Edu users, and will expand to Plus and Business users over the next few days. OpenAI also announced a new ChatGPT desktop application and a hosted websites feature to let users build and share websites directly through ChatGPT Work. REUTERS
OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies
OPENAI showcased a new AI agent on Thursday (Jul 9) meant to help white-collar workers access the power of coding tools without the sticker shock. The agent, called ChatGPT Work, combines OpenAI's popular chatbot with its AI coding tool, Codex, to create documents, presentations and websites, the company said. The service is powered by OpenAI's most advanced AI model, GPT-5.6, which also debuted on Thursday. That model's launch was delayed last month at the US government's request over national security fears. ChatGPT Work is a direct answer to Anthropic's Claude Cowork, an agent it launched in January that is capable of planning and executing multi-step tasks autonomously. The launch reflects intensifying competition to build and sell AI tools for professional use, as technology companies seek to capitalise on rising demand for autonomous agents that can complete complex tasks with minimal human input. Anthropic and OpenAI -- both of which are preparing for possible public offerings soon - are fighting for enterprise business, which is more lucrative than selling products to consumers. Both ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork are designed for non-coders who want to tap into the abilities of AI coding tools, which are often more capable than standard chatbots but require specialised knowledge. OpenAI officials emphasised that its new offerings would be both cheaper and more broadly available than its rivals' products. The company launched three different sizes of its 5.6 model. "You can apply the model's ability to code to solve problems across every industry," said Ty Geri, product manager for ChatGPT Work, in an interview. Geri described OpenAI's 5.6 model as "competitive with models that are far, far more expensive at twice the speed and much, much cheaper." Thursday's announcement also underscores a growing concern among companies about the high cost of using such AI tools. Max Weinbach, analyst at consulting firm Creative Strategies, said the smallest version of OpenAI's new model can complete a task about as well as the largest version - but at one-fifth of the cost. "This is the first time where I've seen the small models complete these kinds of tasks," he said. Before this launch, OpenAI's agentic offerings included Operator and deep research, later consolidated into ChatGPT Agent for individual users, as well as Workspace Agents for enterprise workflow automation. ChatGPT Work will roll out on Thursday on web and mobile, beginning with Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users, and will expand to Plus and Business users over the next few days. OpenAI also announced a new ChatGPT desktop application and a hosted websites feature to let users build and share websites directly through ChatGPT Work. REUTERS
UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. PENANG, Malaysia, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients -- helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50"70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI"native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward"deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI"native developers, FDE"style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. 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UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. SINGAPORE, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients - helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50-70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. Advertisement UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Advertisement Telecom: UST IntelliOps will bring Claude into network operations, service assurance, and OSS/BSS modernization. The platform has Claude's reasoning layer wired in to help operators identify service issues, predict RAN failures, and reduce outage duration through approved response workflows and secure system integrations. This gives telecom operators fewer SLA penalties, shorter customer-facing outages, and less time NOC teams spend sorting signal from noise. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. Advertisement UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale Advertisement A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI-native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward-deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI-native developers, FDE-style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. Advertisement "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Advertisement Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com. Media Contacts, UST: Tinu Cherian Abraham +1 (949) 415-9857 (US) +91-7899045194 (India) Merrick Laravea +1 (949) 416-6212 Neha Misri +44-7341787926 Roshni Das K +91 7736795557 SomSekhar CV +91-9037888244 [email protected] Media Contacts, U.S.: S&C PR +1-646.941.9139 [email protected] Makovsky [email protected] Media Contacts, India: [email protected] Media Contacts, U.K.: FTI Consulting [email protected] Media Contacts, Spain: Noizze Media Carmen Tapia / Ricardo Schell
UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. PENANG, Malaysia, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients - helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50-70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. Advertisement UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Advertisement Telecom: UST IntelliOps will bring Claude into network operations, service assurance, and OSS/BSS modernization. The platform has Claude's reasoning layer wired in to help operators identify service issues, predict RAN failures, and reduce outage duration through approved response workflows and secure system integrations. This gives telecom operators fewer SLA penalties, shorter customer-facing outages, and less time NOC teams spend sorting signal from noise. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. Advertisement UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale Advertisement A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI-native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward-deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI-native developers, FDE-style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. Advertisement "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Advertisement Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com. 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UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. MELBOURNE, Australia, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients - helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50-70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Telecom: UST IntelliOps will bring Claude into network operations, service assurance, and OSS/BSS modernization. The platform has Claude's reasoning layer wired in to help operators identify service issues, predict RAN failures, and reduce outage duration through approved response workflows and secure system integrations. This gives telecom operators fewer SLA penalties, shorter customer-facing outages, and less time NOC teams spend sorting signal from noise. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI-native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward-deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI-native developers, FDE-style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com. Media Contacts, UST: Tinu Cherian Abraham +1 (949) 415-9857 (US) +91-7899045194 (India) Merrick Laravea +1 (949) 416-6212 Neha Misri +44-7341787926 Roshni Das K +91 7736795557 SomSekhar CV +91-9037888244 [email protected] Media Contacts, U.S.: S&C PR +1-646.941.9139 [email protected] Makovsky [email protected] Media Contacts, India: [email protected] Media Contacts, U.K.: FTI Consulting [email protected] Media Contacts, Spain: Noizze Media Carmen Tapia / Ricardo Schell [email protected] / [email protected] Media Contacts, APAC: Lee Kye Vern +65 8508 8387 [email protected]
UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. PENANG, Malaysia, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients - helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50-70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Telecom: UST IntelliOps will bring Claude into network operations, service assurance, and OSS/BSS modernization. The platform has Claude's reasoning layer wired in to help operators identify service issues, predict RAN failures, and reduce outage duration through approved response workflows and secure system integrations. This gives telecom operators fewer SLA penalties, shorter customer-facing outages, and less time NOC teams spend sorting signal from noise. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI-native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward-deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI-native developers, FDE-style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com. Media Contacts, UST: Tinu Cherian Abraham +1 (949) 415-9857 (US) +91-7899045194 (India) Merrick Laravea +1 (949) 416-6212 Neha Misri +44-7341787926 Roshni Das K +91 7736795557 SomSekhar CV +91-9037888244 [email protected] Media Contacts, U.S.: S&C PR +1-646.941.9139 [email protected] Makovsky [email protected] Media Contacts, India: [email protected] Media Contacts, U.K.: FTI Consulting [email protected] Media Contacts, Spain: Noizze Media Carmen Tapia / Ricardo Schell
UST Partners with Anthropic to Bring Claude into UST's Platforms, Engineering, and Operations and Train 20,000 UST Employees Globally
Under the strategic alliance, UST will combine Anthropic's Claude models with UST's proprietary industry and horizontal platforms, engineering services, domain solutions, and internal operations, helping clients modernize and transform core systems and operationalize trusted AI at scale. SINGAPORE, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind the Claude family of models. The partnership is focused on helping Global 1000 enterprises become AI-native. UST will embed Claude into the engineering environments and operational workflows it designs, builds, and runs for clients - helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to trusted, enterprise-scale AI embedded in the systems that drive their business. The alliance combines Claude models with UST's implementation, engineering, and domain expertise, enabling customers to adopt Claude more quickly and responsibly within existing enterprise environments. Rooted in a shared commitment to responsible AI, the alliance strengthens UST's position as a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Tier and expands UST's ability to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, large-scale deployment. By combining Claude models with UST's engineering expertise, deep industry knowledge, and global delivery model, customers can adopt Claude with greater confidence across complex enterprise environments. Claude for Physical AI: Enhancing UST's Engineering Platforms UST is integrating Claude into the engineering platforms that semiconductor, automotive, manufacturing, telecom, embedded, and IoT companies use for design verification, semiconductor validation, factory operations, and field service. This will enable teams to catch design flaws earlier, speed up chip validation, and integrate hardware and software into a single system from the factory floor to the field. These processes are foundational to physical AI, moving intelligence off the screen and into the equipment and robotics that run production. UST-iDEC is one of the clearest examples. The platform already changes the economics of hardware and silicon validation, cutting cycle times by 50-70% and compressing standard four-day turnarounds into 48 hours through a closed-loop, agentic validation pipeline. UST is now integrating Claude as the reasoning layer into that pipeline to further extend it. Claude Code reads chip pinouts and hardware schematics natively and writes and runs regression test scripts that engineers previously scripted by hand, while Claude's reasoning models compare live edge data against digital twins to flag firmware regressions and signal-integrity faults. UST is targeting an already-fast validation pipeline that gets even faster, with less manual scripting, earlier fault detection, without adding new tools for engineers. UST Platform solutions accelerated by Claude for Industry and Enterprise Workflows UST will integrate Claude into selected industry platforms and horizontal enterprise platforms. Together, these integrations will give clients a consistent way to apply AI across industry-specific and shared enterprise workflows where accuracy, data protection, compliance, and reliability are critical. Healthcare Payer: UST CarePath uses Claude to streamline member services, care management, and claims workflows, giving care teams a single, real-time view. Claude Code and MCP connectors link the platform directly to claims and care management systems, while an agentic layer routes each recommended action for approval before it reaches a member. The platform will help teams turn healthcare data into clear next steps, improve patient and member engagement, and resolve issues faster while staying within healthcare data governance controls. Telecom: UST IntelliOps will bring Claude into network operations, service assurance, and OSS/BSS modernization. The platform has Claude's reasoning layer wired in to help operators identify service issues, predict RAN failures, and reduce outage duration through approved response workflows and secure system integrations. This gives telecom operators fewer SLA penalties, shorter customer-facing outages, and less time NOC teams spend sorting signal from noise. Banking: Most mid-tier banks still run on core systems built for overnight batch processing, not real-time banking. Every new integration or product change requires months of vendor-dependent work. UST FinX connects legacy banking systems to a single modern, real-time platform built for open banking and API-first integration. Claude drives the platform's AI capabilities, accelerating onboarding, automating document processing, and providing staff with faster access to account and compliance data, all within FinX's built-in governance and audit controls. That's what lets a bank modernize without hiring a bigger compliance team just to keep up. Scaling Claude Across UST's Horizontal Platforms and Industries UST puts Claude to work everywhere clients feel the friction of change. In consulting, teams use Claude to redesign workflows and transformation roadmaps, helping enterprises adopt AI across functions and make change management repeatable rather than a one-off project. In business applications, Claude Code and approved MCP connectors handle configuration by hand, writing integration logic and letting teams describe what they need in plain language. In data and automation, Claude builds pipelines, accelerates analysis, and coordinates end-to-end handoffs between systems that once required manual stitching. In cloud, infrastructure, and security, Claude supports migration planning, writes infrastructure as code, checks it against policy before it ships, and helps teams get to the bottom of an incident faster, all under the same governance running across the alliance. Looking ahead, UST will also bring Claude into its retail, consumer goods, and manufacturing platforms to sharpen merchandising and inventory planning, strengthen digital commerce, and improve supply chain execution. UST's Own Operations, Accelerated by Claude UST already applies AI across its own operations and continues to expand its use of Claude and Claude Cowork. Within UST, deploying these capabilities across contracts, legal, talent, marketing, infrastructure, and finance demonstrates a commitment to innovation and operational excellence. Teams are transforming manual processes into reusable, Claude-native workflows and developing role-specific Claude skills to support key functions. These workflows operate with clear guardrails and human oversight at critical points, ensuring that automation supports accountability and informed judgment alongside speed. The result is more consistent operations and more time for employees to focus on judgment, negotiation, client work, and creative problem-solving. The impact is twofold. Operations run faster and cleaner, and people gain time for decisions, negotiations, and imagination that drive growth. By gaining firsthand experience with the operational, technical, and change management challenges of AI adoption, UST is building the foundation for how it helps customers reimagine their enterprise transformation. That experience is evolving into an operating playbook of tested workflows, governance models, and value frameworks, proven within a complex organization and designed to accelerate time-to-value while managing financial and operational risk. UST commits to training 20,000 developers and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale A core pillar of this alliance is powering UST's transformation into an AI-native company, starting with how UST works internally, not just what it delivers to clients. As part of the alliance, UST plans to certify 20,000 associates worldwide on Claude, across roles from architects and engineers to consultants, industry specialists, and forward-deployed engineers who can sit alongside client teams to think, build, and solve problems every day. This reflects UST's continued emphasis on talent enablement, grounded in its core values of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity, while developing a growing community of AI-native developers, FDE-style practitioners, architects, and industry experts equipped to build with Claude at enterprise scale. UST will build specialized teams to deploy Claude, with support from Anthropic enablement, technical guidance, and certification. "Our alliance with Anthropic reflects UST's unwavering commitment to helping clients navigate the AI landscape with confidence and achieve meaningful business outcomes. By combining the capabilities of Claude with UST's engineering, industry knowledge, and delivery expertise, we are bringing to market industry-specific platforms and digital and engineering solutions that improve productivity, accelerate business outcomes, and help clients operationalize AI-led decisions in a safe and secure environment," said Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer, UST. "UST helps the world's banks, telecoms, and manufacturers put new technology to work. They're proving Claude inside their own engineering first, training 20,000 of their own people on it, before bringing it into the systems they build and run for clients," said Paul Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic. "We are wiring Claude into how UST designs, builds, and runs solutions across our consulting, platforms, engineering services, and industry offerings. This alliance with Anthropic helps us deliver higher-value outcomes for clients while advancing UST's transformation into an AI-native organization built on trust, human oversight, and long-term impact," said Manu Gopinath, President, UST. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Founded as a public benefit corporation, Anthropic develops the Claude family of AI models and products, including Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Enterprise, used by organizations around the world. For more information, visit anthropic.com About UST Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com. Media Contacts, UST: Tinu Cherian Abraham +1 (949) 415-9857 (US) +91-7899045194 (India) Merrick Laravea +1 (949) 416-6212 Neha Misri +44-7341787926 Roshni Das K +91 7736795557 SomSekhar CV +91-9037888244 [email protected] Media Contacts, U.S.: S&C PR +1-646.941.9139 [email protected] Makovsky [email protected] Media Contacts, India: [email protected] Media Contacts, U.K.: FTI Consulting [email protected] Media Contacts, Spain: Noizze Media Carmen Tapia / Ricardo Schell
