About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Role

As the Startup Partnerships Lead at Anthropic, you will drive transformative growth and strategic alignment by forging and managing high-impact startup partnerships. You will drive the adoption of Anthropic's cutting-edge AI capabilities within the startup ecosystem. In this role, you will design and execute innovative programs that enable startups to easily access and utilize Anthropic's advanced AI models.

Your goal will be to scale our reach and impact by engaging with startups directly and through the accelerator ecosystem. This is an individual contributor role with broad ownership — you'll operate with high autonomy, partnering closely with sales, marketing, and product teams to build and run our startup partnerships motion.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and lead Anthropic's startup partnerships strategy, leveraging our AI technology and industry partnerships Build relationships with key accelerators, and entrepreneurial communities Create compelling startup-focused offerings, programs, and growth initiatives Cultivate strong relationships with current and new accelerator partnerships; build out relationship models, own touchpoints, and drive outcomes such that accelerator portfolio companies are choosing to build on Claude.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience sourcing, negotiating, and managing partnerships or business development relationships in the technology industry Working knowledge of the startup ecosystem, including how venture firms, accelerators, and founder communities operate Experience designing and executing complex, cross-functional go-to-market programs end to end Proficiency with CRM and reporting tools (e.g., Salesforce) to track pipeline and measure program performance Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with both technical and business audiences

Preferred Qualifications

Deep understanding of the AI/ML technology landscape and experience positioning LLM or API-based products Experience working with cloud provider startup programs (e.g., AWS Activate, Google for Startups) or co-sell motions Experience enabling sales teams and delivering training on technical products Experience working at or closely with early-stage startups and founders Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a rapidly evolving market Passion for the positive impact that AI can have for startups and society as a whole The annual

Compensation

range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Requirements

for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas!