About the Club
Penn State's
AI builder community.
We're the Claude Builder Club — Anthropic's campus partner at Penn State. Our goal is simple: make AI accessible, practical, and genuinely useful for every student, regardless of background.
Built from the belief that
AI belongs to everyone.
The Claude Builder Club was founded on a frustration that a lot of Penn State students share: AI was everywhere in the news, but the actual tools and knowledge to work with it felt locked behind CS degrees and industry jobs.
We partnered with Anthropic to change that. As one of Anthropic's official campus clubs, we get direct API access, educational resources, and support to run a program that actually meets students where they are, whether that's an engineering lab or an English seminar.
Today the club spans every college at Penn State. Our members have built research assistants, accessibility tools, and educational apps. Most of them had no prior AI experience when they joined.
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What the partnership means for you
- Free Claude Pro subscription for verified members
- Direct API access to build real projects
- Educational resources and workshop curriculum
- Support from Anthropic's campus programs team
Three pillars. One community.
Everything we do maps back to these three ideas. Show up for one and you'll find the others waiting.
Explore
Start anywhere. Go anywhere.
You don't need to know what a transformer is to show up. Our workshops, demos, and sessions are designed around genuine curiosity, not prerequisites. We meet people where they are, whether that's absolute beginner or ready to build something production-worthy.
Build
Real projects. Real portfolio.
Ideas are cheap. Shipped things are not. We give you Claude API access, boilerplate code, and people who can help you finish. Whether it's a class project, a startup idea, or just something you think is cool, we're here to get it out the door with you.
Connect
Your people are here.
AI is more interesting when you're not figuring it out alone. Find collaborators across every college, get mentorship from people one step ahead, and join a community that takes AI seriously without gatekeeping it. Engineers and English majors, welcome.
What we actually do.
Here's what the club actually runs every semester.
Weekly Meetups
Hands-on sessions every week. No lecture format, just demos, live coding, and people actually building things together. Free and open to all.
Class Integrations
We partner directly with Penn State professors to embed AI projects into course syllabi using Claude and the Anthropic API. Students get academic credit for building real tools.
Hackathons & Showcases
Periodic build sprints and showcase events where members demo what they've been working on. Past projects range from research assistants to accessibility tools.
AI Newsletter
Monthly newsletter covering AI news, Claude updates, and campus highlights. Written for people who want to stay sharp without drowning in content.
Department Partnerships
Student organizations, academic departments, and research groups can partner with us to bring AI workshops or collaborative projects to their communities.
Resource Hub
Prompt engineering guides, workshop slides, Claude starter code, and API walkthroughs. All organized and accessible to every member.
No CS degree. No prior AI experience.
No problem.
Seriously — more than half our members come from non-technical backgrounds. Business students have built financial analysis tools. English majors have built writing assistants. Pre-med students have built study aids. The only thing you need to join is curiosity.
Create a free account on this site
Just your PSU email — takes 30 seconds.
Complete your member profile
We use it to surface the right events and resources for you.
Show up to your first meeting
Check the Events page for the next one. No need to RSVP in advance.
Claim your free Claude Pro subscription
Verified members get full access — on us.
“Every student at Penn State should be able to pick up AI and build something meaningful with it, no matter what they study. That's what we do every week.”
Club leadership, Fall 2025
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