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Anthropic Launches $200M Economic Futures Fund and AI Labor Market Data Tools

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  1. Version 2 2026-07-25 08:03 UTC · 28 items

    Two developments sharpen prior open questions. The $150M fellowship program is now identified as 'Claude Corps' [^41468][^41469], giving it a name though its governance remains undetailed. The Economic Index research no…

  2. Version 1 2026-07-23 02:12 UTC · 16 items

    Anthropic has committed $200 million to an external Economic Futures Research Fund aimed at building an evidence base for managing AI-driven labor disruption, with grants targeted in the $5–30 million range across five …