Anthropic Opens 10,000 Free and Discounted Claude Seats for Scientists

Anthropic is offering 10,000 seats on a Claude Team plan for scientists, with free standard seats and premium seats at $15 per month (an 80% discount) for one year. Principal investigators at academic or nonprofit research institutions must verify to qualify and can then add lab members. Premium seats carry 5x usage limits. The AI for Science program is expanding beyond biological sciences, with up to $50,000 in credits per project for compute-heavy work such as research on the Riemann zeta function and protein design. Biology and chemistry researchers are currently limited to Opus-class models; Anthropic is working with the US government on a life sciences access program for Mythos-class models. Claude Fable models will continue to block professional biology and drug development queries due to dual-use risks. Anthropic plans to expand beyond the initial 10,000 seats in coming months.