Anthropic sold corporate giants on Claude. Now the AI company is in an all-out blitz for the mom-and-pops.

In May, Anthropic launched an AI tool specifically for small businesses. Since then, it says it’s garnered 900,000 installations for the Claude for Small Business plugin and is angling to expand the tool’s reach. It’s planning a new slate of workshops to boost its adoption, and training people to spread the Claude gospel.

As Anthropic prepares for its initial public offering, small businesses present a major opportunity for mass adoption: In the US, they employ more than 45% of the private sector’s workers and account for around 44% of…