ANTFLUENT · CANADA'S CLAUDE IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICE
Your team has Claude.
We put it to work.
Antfluent is a Canadian practice for organizations that have already chosen Claude. It was founded by Gabriel Velazquez, who led the commercial launch of Claude at Amazon Web Services and learned there what it takes for people to get real value from it. We train your team to run on Claude, one workflow at a time.
Our team's experience
- 5
- Canadian cities trained in 2026
- 300+
- Practitioners taught in person
- 4.5 / 5
- Participant satisfaction
In practice
Cloud Summit Vancouver, May 2026, and the Claude Cowork workshop, Victoria, June 2026.
The gap
Licences are not adoption.
A tool does not change a business. People do. Investing in people is how you change the business. Most organizations expect the change to start the day the licences arrive, but they have not worked out how to help their teams understand what Claude is, how to fit it into the way the business runs, how to keep it secure, and how to use it responsibly. So it stays a chat window.
- 01A few people use Claude every day. Most opened it once.
- 02Nobody owns the configuration, the budget, or the usage policy.
- 03The workflow everyone talked about at the kickoff was never built.
- 04There is no shared answer to "is it safe to put this in Claude?"
How we work
Map. Prove. Scale.
Claude is a platform, really a new operating system for the business. Many vendors want to sell you a custom one. Think of Claude the way you think of installing Windows or macOS for your business, and install it the same way: three phases, each with a clock and a result you can show your board. The order matters: we do not train an organization on something nobody has proven yet.
- 01 / Readiness Review
- 02 / Foundation and Proof of Value
- 03 / Scale and Train
- Map011 to 2 weeks
Readiness Review
We look at how Claude is set up today, how fluent your team is, what your AI policy says, and which systems Claude needs to reach. You get a readiness scorecard and a sequenced plan. No surprises later.
You leave withReadiness scorecard and a sequenced plan
- Prove022 to 4 weeks
Foundation and Proof of Value
We configure Claude properly: permissions, connectors, budget, policy. Then we work with a small group of people who want this to succeed, on their real work, until one or two workflows run on Claude without us.
You leave withWorking workflows with measured time returned
- Scale034 weeks
Scale and Train
Now everyone else. Role-specific training built on the workflows your first group already proved. Cowork for knowledge workers, Claude Code for developers, an architect track for technical leads. People leave able to delegate to Claude and asking what else it can take on.
You leave withA team that runs on Claude, measured by usage
Who we work with
Leaders who own the outcome of the Claude decision.
Founders, managing partners, and operations executives at Canadian organizations that already have Claude and are accountable for what it returns. Much of our work is in professional services: accounting, legal, real estate development, and the software companies that serve them, where confidentiality has to be settled before anything else.
Accounting and advisory firms
Partners who want Claude inside client work, from engagement letters to review notes, without touching confidentiality.
Real estate and construction
Operations teams drowning in project management systems, RFIs, and reporting that Claude can automate today.
Legal and professional services software
Product and operations leaders shipping Claude into regulated workflows with governance built in.
The practice
A small team with backgrounds from Apple, AWS, Google, and TELUS.
Antfluent is deliberately small. Every engagement is led by a principal, and the people you meet in the fit conversation are the people who do the work.
Gabriel Velazquez
Founder and Principal
Ex-Apple, ex-AWS
AWS's first Solutions Architect dedicated to the Anthropic partnership. Built the Claude Code production guidance adopted by over 1,200 companies. Claude Certified Architect and AWS Solutions Architect Professional.
Vancouver
Mange Kumarasamy
Chief Revenue Officer
Ex-TELUS
Twenty years of enterprise sales leadership at TELUS. Runs client fit, scoping, and the commercial side of every engagement.
Toronto
Training tracks
Training built for how people actually work.
Cowork
L100 to L200
For everyone who uses Claude at work. Marketing, operations, finance, HR, legal, sales, or product: this track takes you from chat to a connected agent that works on your behalf. No coding required.
Chat fluency through connected agent workflows
Claude Code
L200 to L300
For developers and technical teams. Agentic coding on real repositories, MCP integration, and the production guidance we wrote for AWS customers.
Hands-on, in your codebase
Architect track
L300
For technical leads preparing for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect exams. Agent architecture, evaluation, and deployment following Anthropic's standards.
Certification readiness
How we engage
Most clients meet us at a workshop or through a referral.
We are a boutique by design. A principal leads every engagement from the first conversation to the last training day, which means we take on work carefully. New clients usually arrive after attending one of our workshops or hearing about us from someone we have already worked with. From there, you apply for a fit conversation and we decide together whether there is work worth doing.
- 1
Workshop or referral first
Come to a workshop, or ask a peer who has worked with us. It is the best way to know if we fit.
- 2
Apply, then talk
A short application, then a 30-minute conversation. We will tell you honestly if the timing or the fit is wrong.
- 3
Principal-led
The person you meet in the fit conversation is the person who does the work.
Events
Where we are teaching next.
Sponsor, ALL IN 2026
Meet us in Montreal.
September 16 and 17, 2026 · Palais des congres de Montreal
Antfluent sponsors ALL IN, Canada's largest AI event, as part of the British Columbia delegation. On the morning of September 17 we host a private roundtable for leaders on getting results from Claude.
Leaders roundtable
Getting Results from Claude: A Roundtable for Leaders
Thursday, September 17, 8:30 to 9:30
Invitation only. Ask for a seat.
Request a roundtable seatEarlier this year
- Claude Code VancouverJune 23, 2026Amazon office, VancouverNearly 800 registered
- Claude Cowork workshopJune 16, 2026VIATEC, VictoriaFull-day workshop
- Claude Cowork workshopMay 27, 2026Toronto Tech WeekSold out
- Cloud SummitMay 1, 2026VancouverSpeaker
Questions
What leaders ask before they call.
We have not bought Claude yet. Is this for us?
Not yet. We work with organizations that have already chosen Claude. If you are still deciding, our public workshops and talks are the right place to start, and you are welcome at either.
How do engagements work commercially?
Scope is set after the fit conversation and depends on team size and which phases you need. Every proposal is fixed price per phase and quoted in Canadian dollars.
Is this only for our technical team?
No. The strongest results come when sales, marketing, operations, and finance are trained alongside engineering. Cowork is built for people who do not write code, and most of our training hours go there.
What about confidentiality, especially for accounting and legal work?
Governance comes first. In the Prove phase we set data boundaries, connector permissions, and usage policy before anyone puts a client file near Claude.
Do you work outside Toronto and Vancouver?
Yes. We have trained in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Montreal this year and travel across Canada. The Readiness Review runs remotely.
Start here
Apply for a fit conversation.
Tell us about your team and what you hope Claude will take on. We read every application, respond within one business day, and will tell you honestly whether there is a fit.