Anthropic is expanding Claude AI to the enterprise with domain-specific AI agents

Large organizations wanting to integrate generative AI into their business can find the process daunting, especially if they’re unsure how or where to start. A new initiative with Anthropic’s Claude AI aims to provide the tools for enterprises struggling with this challenge.

In a new five-year partnership announced Thursday, Anthropic and AI company Databricks will offer Claude AI models through the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, which helps businesses use AI with their internal data. The deal will bring the tools and technology to more than 10,000 companies.

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Anthropic’s latest Claude 3.7 Sonnet model is already accessible through Databricks on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This model uses advanced reasoning and greater processor time to evaluate your request step-by-step and then produce a detailed result. However, 3.7 Sonnet is also a hybrid model, which means it can generate almost instant responses to your requests or use extended thinking for longer, more detailed solutions.

The key to the deal between Anthropic and Databricks is the union between AI and data. Many organizations who want to use AI need it to work with their own internal data. Toward that end, the two companies will provide the necessary tools to help enterprise customers build AI agents to tap into their corporate data.

When used effectively, agentic AI can run specific tasks autonomously and independently. But with generative AI still in the nascent stage and still prone to errors, creating and fine-tuning the agents to work correctly and reliably can be tricky.

“As demand for data intelligence grows, our partnership with Anthropic allows enterprises to unlock the full potential of their data through AI,” said Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks. “We are bringing the power of Anthropic models directly to the Data Intelligence Platform — securely, efficiently, and at scale — enabling businesses to build domain-specific AI agents tailored to their unique needs.”

The team-up between Claude AI and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform promises a few benefits to customers.

• Domain-specific AI agents to handle enterprise data – Customers will have the tools to help them build and deploy domain-specific agents to work with large and diverse datasets. For example, agents in the healthcare field could ease the process of onboarding patients for clinical trials. As another example, agents in the retail sector could analyze sales data, seasonal patterns, and inventory to suggest any areas for improvement.
• Claude integration with the Data Intelligence Platform — Claude models will integrate directly with the Data Intelligence Platform. This means customers won’t have to manually replicate any data to use it with Claude’s AI.
• Unified governance and responsible AI development — Customers can enforce the proper security and access controls over their AI agents and their data. Monitoring tools will allow them to look out for possible misuse and ensure that their AI system follows specific ethical rules.

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Customers and interested parties can learn more about domain-specific agents and how to use them via an upcoming webinar with Ghodsi and Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei.

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