Hitachi, Ltd. announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic and indicated that it plans to introduce Claude into the Hitachi Group's business processes and accelerate the development of AI talent.
As AI models become infrastructure and increasingly general-purpose, the business environment is entering an era in which integrated companies that combine AI with frontline expertise, products and business processes to deliver value seek opportunities for growth. As a company with hardware and software as its two core strengths, Hitachi, Ltd. is developing a strategy to adapt to these changes.
This May, Hitachi, Ltd. announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic. Under the partnership, it plans to introduce Anthropic's Claude into the business processes of approximately 290,000 people across the Hitachi Group while accelerating the development of AI talent.
The partnership is intended to advance the use of AI in solutions for social infrastructure. Hitachi aims to strengthen its competitiveness by procuring foundational AI intelligently and reinforcing the integration of its own high-value-added businesses.