In a moment when the world's healthcare systems strain under the weight of physician shortages, diagnostic bottlenecks, and uneven access to specialist knowledge, Anthropic and OpenEvidence have joined forces to carry medical artificial intelligence beyond the institutions wealthy enough to afford it. The partnership, announced in September 2026, unites Anthropic's foundational work in large language models and AI safety with OpenEvidence's deep understanding of medical workflows and global regulatory terrain. It is, at its core, an attempt to ask whether the tools of the most resourced can be