Anthropic is seeking a true believer ready to spread the gospel of Claude.
The company is hiring an “Applied AI Claude Evangelist.” The role will work with startups to help them adopt Anthropic’s products.
The Claude Evangelist will be “the face of Anthropic” among venture capitalists, startup founders, and accelerators. They’ll lead developer onboarding, create demos and tutorials, and share feedback with the internal team.
A significant piece of the role will involve live events. One job task: “Design and run hands-on technical sessions that move developers from curiosity to active building within a single event.”
The role requires seven years of experience and a background as a technical founder or startup employee. Its annual salary is between $240,000 and $315,000.
“Evangelist” might stand out as an unusual job title on first glance, but it’s far from unprecedented in the tech space. Apple once had a “chief evangelist” position, for example.
The Claude Evangelist is one of several new jobs that have sprouted from the AI revolution. Another recently created job: “Forward Deployed AI Accelerator.” The title comes from the payment processing company Stripe, which was hiring a role on its marketing team to cement good AI habits.
The “forward deployed” model has since extended beyond Stripe. On Monday, OpenAI announced the new $10 billion OpenAI Deployment Company. It will start with a foundation of roughly 150 forward deployed engineers, thanks to the acquisition of consulting firm Tomoro.
And while the “evangelist” job title may understandably bring religion to mind, there are more overt religious tie-ins to be found in the AI industry. Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski famously started an AI church years ago. In 2024, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said that the obsession with AGI was about “creating God.” In October, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said that AI doomerism was driven by a lack of religion.
Meanwhile, Anthropic and OpenAI recently met with religious leaders for a “Faith-AI Covenant” roundtable to discuss how best to imbue AI systems with a sense of right and wrong.
For those thinking of applying, keep in mind the Anthropic role may ask you to act more like a preacher than a builder. A good candidate should have “the ability to command a room,” the listing reads.
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