I have some differing opinions regarding Yuyue's point. Besides the recent impressive performance of Fable 5.2 and the rarity of account bans abroad, I'd like to add a perspective from a former network engineer: Anthropic now has its own certifications. It's important to remember that Microsoft's MCSE and Cisco's CCNA certifications in the early days created a huge network effect and a strong competitive advantage for their respective companies' products. In short, this is somewhat like a "human brain version of CUDA." The more engineers in the market who possess this skill and hold this certification, the more companies will be inclined to use their products because of their deep talent pool, easier recruitment, and the high economic and human resource costs of switching talent later. CUDA's competitive advantage over the past decade has been precisely this "developer ecosystem." I would call Microsoft and Cisco "engineer ecosystems." After MCSE and CCNA, the next company to rise in the enterprise market through product + certification should be AWS. Now, in the AI era, Anthropic seems to be following a similar path. The exam consists of four parts, just released this March. (The fee is in parentheses; currently, registration must be done through a partner channel.) Associate - Foundations ($99): For those using Claude in their work, the learning path includes Claude 101, Claude Cowork, prompting, governance, and output evaluation. Developer - Foundations ($125): For technical developers, covering Claude Code, Claude Platform, agent skills, MCP, and subagents. Architect - Foundations ($125): For solution architects building solutions using Claude Code, Agent SDK, Claude API, and MCP. Architect - Professional ($175): For those designing and governing enterprise-level Claude solutions. OpenAI also has its own certifications, but they are significantly less popular than Claude's, leaning towards a defensive and catch-up approach. Since the market is currently quiet, I plan to spend some time self-studying the free Claude Achedemy course, whether or not to take the exam is another matter.