Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Expands Claude for Enterprise Access to 10,000 Staff
Anthropic says Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is expanding Claude for Enterprise lab-wide, reaching about 10,000 scientists, researchers and staff.
Quick answer
What did Anthropic announce about Claude for Enterprise at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
Anthropic says Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is expanding Claude for Enterprise to its entire lab, giving about 10,000 scientists, researchers and staff access. Anthropic describes it as one of the largest Claude for Enterprise deployments within the Department of Energy's national laboratory system, supporting research in nuclear deterrence, energy and materials science.
Key takeaways
- Anthropic says Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is expanding Claude for Enterprise access to its entire laboratory, reaching about 10,000 scientists, researchers and staff.
- Anthropic describes the deployment as one of the largest uses of Claude for Enterprise within the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system.
- According to Anthropic, LLNL's Claude application suite includes single sign-on, audit logging, role-based access controls and end-to-end encryption for government environments.
- Anthropic says Claude's expanded context window can process hundreds of documents, codebases exceeding 100,000 lines, or complex datasets such as fusion experiments or nuclear simulations in a single query.
- Anthropic states the expansion follows a pilot program, an AI Jam with U.S. National Labs, and an aiEDGE for Innovation Day in March where about 3,200 LLNL staff used Claude.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is expanding its use of Claude for Enterprise to cover its entire laboratory, according to an announcement from Anthropic. The expansion will make the AI platform available to roughly 10,000 scientists, researchers and staff at LLNL, one of the United States' premier research institutions.
Anthropic describes the rollout as one of the largest deployments of Claude for Enterprise within the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system. The company says the expanded access is intended to bolster research across nuclear deterrence, energy, materials science and energy security.
Security features for government use
Anthropic says LLNL's Claude application suite includes security features built for government environments, including single sign-on, audit logging, role-based access controls, and end-to-end encryption. The company also says Claude's expanded context window can process hundreds of documents, codebases with more than 100,000 lines of code, or complex datasets in a single query, which it says enables scientists to analyze fusion experiments or nuclear simulations.
Where Anthropic says Claude is being applied
According to the announcement, Claude supports LLNL teams working in several areas:
- Emergency response, including analysis of data from the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center for nuclear, radiological, chemical or biological incidents
- Energy security, including fusion energy research building on LLNL's 2022 fusion ignition achievement
- Advanced manufacturing, including materials discovery tied to 3D printing and manufacturing data
- Computational biology, including processing simulation datasets for biosecurity research
- High-performance computing, including optimizing code development and scientific computing workflows
Anthropic says LLNL researchers use Claude to process and analyze complex datasets, generate hypotheses, and explore new research directions with an AI assistant it describes as understanding scientific context. The company also says Claude is used to support collaboration across interdisciplinary teams that may span classified and unclassified projects, and to reduce time spent on routine tasks and documentation.
Comments from both organizations
Thiyagu Ramasamy, Anthropic's Head of Public Sector, said in the announcement: "We're honored to support LLNL's mission of making the world a safer place through science and technology. This partnership shows what's possible when Anthropic's cutting-edge AI meets world-class scientific expertise."
Greg Herweg, Chief Technology Officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said: "LLNL has always been at the cutting edge of computational science. This expanded partnership demonstrates how frontier AI can amplify the capabilities of world-class researchers working on some of humanity's most pressing challenges."
Background on the rollout
Anthropic says the expansion follows a successful pilot program at LLNL, the first-ever AI Jam with U.S. National Labs, and an aiEDGE for Innovation Day held in March, where approximately 3,200 LLNL scientists and operational staff used Claude. Anthropic says organizations interested in Claude for Enterprise can contact its public sector team to get started.
Source: Anthropic, "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory expands Claude for Enterprise use to empower scientists and researchers," published July 9, 2025 and updated July 11, 2025.
Frequently asked questions
- How many people at LLNL will have access to Claude for Enterprise?
- Anthropic says the expansion will make Claude for Enterprise available to about 10,000 scientists, researchers and staff across the entire laboratory.
- What research areas does Anthropic say Claude will support at LLNL?
- Anthropic says LLNL is using Claude to support research including nuclear deterrence, energy security, materials science, computational biology and high-performance computing.
- What security features does the Claude deployment at LLNL include?
- According to Anthropic, LLNL's Claude application suite includes single sign-on, audit logging, role-based access controls and end-to-end encryption designed for government environments.
- What happened before this expansion, according to Anthropic?
- Anthropic says the expansion follows a successful pilot program, the first AI Jam with U.S. National Labs, and an aiEDGE for Innovation Day in March that reached about 3,200 LLNL scientists and staff.