California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a one-of-a-kind partnership with Anthropic AI, making Claud the first AI available to all state agencies and local governments at a discounted rate. "We're entering a partnership to strengthen cybersecurity and provide @ClaudeAI to state agencies — and California local governments — at a 50% discount.

Anthropic offers federal agencies Claude access for $1 per year and launches a $15M credit program for state governments, with California already finding

They will get a 50% discount on access to Claude, as part of a “first-of-its-kind collaboration” that also includes complimentary workforce training, technical assistance, and…

The Anthropic partnership is the latest step in Gavin Newsom's effort to position California as the nation's testing ground for AI in government.