The San Francisco-based firm is backing work at national AI institutes Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute; hospitals CHEO in Ottawa and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto; and post-secondary institutions Université Laval, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto. Each will receive $1 million worth of support from Anthropic’s program, with more recipients to be named later. (The Logic)

Talking point: Researchers will use the Claude credits to study areas like health, sustainability and robotics, as well as AI trust, safety and language capabilities. Startups linked to Amii, Mila or Vector will also be able to get US$5,000 worth of access each to its models. Anthropic has been increasing its profile in the Canadian market, hiring local staff and touting the Alberta government’s use of its AI models to scan and patch public service technology systems. In a separate blog post Tuesday, the firm said Canada is particularly Claude-coded, with four times the expected per capita usage of its technology.