Anthropic and Accenture announced a partnership on September 18, 2026, to build a team of embedded evaluators who will work inside Anthropic. Anthropic said the evaluators will have access comparable to an employee’s while they red-team models, conduct alignment assessments, and test safeguards.
Accenture said each company expects to invest at least $1 billion over five years. Anthropic also said the partnership is non-exclusive and that more evaluators will be announced in the coming weeks.
The supplied sources do not disclose headcount, job titles, or any broader staffing plan beyond the embedded-evaluator track.
The bundle also includes an Associated Press report that Anthropic said Claude is leading 26% of its model research and development, and that about 90% of Anthropic’s research and development is done in collaboration with Claude. The AP also reported that the company said it is setting up external third-party evaluators embedded within the company.
Sources
- Partnering with Accenture on embedded evaluation — Anthropic
- Accenture and Anthropic Partner to Build Team of Embedded Evaluators at Anthropic — Accenture Newsroom
- Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself — Associated Press