KPMG, one of the world’s largest professional services firms, announced a global alliance with Anthropic to embed Claude AI into its Digital Gateway platform and make it available to all 276,000+ employees worldwide. The partnership will introduce new Claude‑powered tools for tax and legal clients and extend Claude’s use to private‑equity portfolio companies, cybersecurity, and other business functions. KPMG will also develop new offerings such as KPMG Blaze to help portfolio companies modernize IT systems with Claude Code. Anthropic and KPMG will collaborate on research with the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin to understand how human judgment and workflow design affect AI value. The alliance positions KPMG as a preferred consultant for deploying Claude in private‑equity contexts and aims to strengthen responsible AI practices through KPMG’s Trusted AI framework and ongoing safety evaluations with external organizations.
KPMG integrates Claude across its core business and workforce of more than 276,000 in strategic alliance
KPMG has entered a global alliance with Anthropic to embed Claude AI across its Digital Gateway platform and make it available to all 276,000+ employees. The partnership will also develop Claude‑powered products for tax, legal, private equity and cybersecurity clients, and position KPMG as a preferred consultant for deploying Claude in private‑equity portfolio companies.
Why it matters
The deal demonstrates how large professional‑services firms are adopting generative AI at scale, influencing client delivery models and setting standards for responsible AI deployment in high‑stakes industries.