News from the IT community on October 3rd: Anthropic plans to invest 100 million US dollars (Note from IT: The current exchange rate is approximately 671 million RMB) to train 10,000 engineers, helping companies to truly advance their AI projects from concept to business application.

On the 2nd local time, Anthropic announced the launch of the Claude Frontier Academy ( Claude Frontier Academy ) training program, targeting a major bottleneck in the implementation process of enterprise AI: there is still a shortage of talents who truly understand how to develop AI and deploy it into actual business operations.

The first batch of engineers to participate in the training come from Accenture, Bain & Company, Capgemini, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Novo Nordisk, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The goal of Anthropic is to train 10,000 frontline deployment engineers by the end of 2027.

According to the plan, engineers will first participate in several days of offline training, conducted by Anthropic engineers and instructors. They will go through the process of selecting application scenarios, conducting security reviews, and handing over projects by simulating real corporate projects. After passing the assessment, they will enter a 12-week on-site training phase, where they will return to their respective institutions to be responsible for a real Claude project. The first batch of trainees is expected to obtain certification in early 2027.

According to Business Insider, this plan also reflects that frontline deployment engineers are becoming increasingly sought-after positions in the AI industry.

Frontline deployment engineers work directly with clients to adjust technical solutions based on the clients' existing systems, data, and workflows. They are not only involved in determining what to develop but also responsible for integrating new technologies into the existing systems to ensure that employees can actually make use of them.

In December 2025, Accenture established Anthropic Business Group, and simultaneously committed to providing Claude training for approximately 30,000 professionals, including the company's own "Reimagined Deployment Engineers."

Last month, Accenture once again collaborated with Google Google Cloud to send 1,000 engineers to deploy AI intelligents with major clients.

In the past, consulting firms often sent teams to client organizations to solve problems. After the implementation of AI, such tasks require stronger technical capabilities. Engineers now need to truly understand how clients conduct their business, and as a result, frontline deployment engineers have begun to play a more significant role.