I think it’s pretty clear what the purpose of this stuff is: get people so invested into the Claude ecosystem with certs and “modernization kits”, so that when the subsidies end and subscription costs shoot up they feel they’re in too deep now to switch to something cheaper.

Soon, we'll start seeing Claude certs getting listed on LinkedIn alongside Coursera courses.

People with titles like

Giga Chad, MBA, CSS, CKAD, XXX, PQRS

are gonna love this.

In no time, HRs will start slapping “10 years of certified Claude Code experience required” on job listings.

watching all agile coaches turn into claude experts in 3 2 1 …

Isn’t this sort of like saying you know how to use a web browser?

Would be grateful for a pointer on how to sign up to this.

Naive question but do people really value certifications like these?

The Suits, HR and execs would love this:

"Must have a degree or certification in Claude."

"Must hold an OpenClaw 2026 Grade II Certificate"

The hilarious question is: will you fail the AI certification for using AI during the exam? What if it's a competing AI?

I wonder who the audience is for an announcement about spending a lot of money on something vague?

Uhh.. Deloitte and Accenture.. not exactly what I would call a good partner here unless you are looking for name recognition at executive level. Is that all that it is?

I'm getting mixed signals. I thought these things are so magical that anyone can use them?

Imagine being so close to build AGI and erase software engineer in the next 6 months, that you need to throw $100M to build a certification program...

Such a joke to advertise Claude as a tool to work on corporate technical debt when it is definitively the thing that will increase it a lot.

And let's not even discuss the vacuity of their new cash machine certifications. "Architect" come on...

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