New Delhi / Tech Desk: India has marked another major milestone in the global artificial intelligence race, with US-based AI firm Anthropic formally entering the country by opening its first Indian office in Bengaluru. This becomes the company’s second international hub after Tokyo and is being positioned as a key pillar of its Asia–Pacific expansion strategy.
Anthropic said India has now emerged as the world’s second-largest market for its AI assistant Claude, driven largely by strong adoption among developers and enterprises. Riding on this momentum, the company has announced partnerships across enterprise, education and agriculture, aiming to take advanced AI tools directly to startups, institutions and technology teams.
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Anthropic India Managing Director Irina Ghosh described India as “one of the world’s most promising AI opportunities,” citing the country’s deep technical talent pool, rapidly expanding digital infrastructure and strong track record of adopting technology to solve real-world problems. She said the Bengaluru office will focus on engineering support, partnership development and local model optimisation.
According to the company, nearly half of Claude’s usage in India currently comes from computer and mathematical tasks, including application development, system modernisation and production software deployment. This developer-led adoption is a key reason Anthropic views India not just as a user base, but as a long-term growth and innovation hub.
People familiar with the development said Anthropic’s local revenues have doubled since it announced its India expansion in October 2025. With the Bengaluru base now operational, the company plans to work more closely with Indian customers and partners, a move expected to accelerate product rollouts and shorten support cycles.
To make Claude more relevant for Indian users, Anthropic has begun enhancing training data across 10 Indian languages — Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Urdu. The initiative is aimed at deepening the model’s understanding of local context, language nuances and user behaviour.
The expansion comes amid intensifying global competition around AI agents. Recently, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warned that horizontal AI platforms could pose a bigger long-term threat than traditional retailers, underlining how assistants like Claude are increasingly shaping digital decision-making.
Industry analysts say Bengaluru was a strategic choice. The city already hosts a dense ecosystem of cloud, SaaS and deep-tech startups, making it a natural base for global AI players. Anthropic’s presence is expected to give local developers, agri-tech ventures and education platforms direct access to global-grade AI capabilities, potentially strengthening India’s domestic AI ecosystem.
While the company has not disclosed investment figures or hiring targets, the direction is clear. With rising Claude adoption, expanding local partnerships and a multi-language strategy, Anthropic is positioning India as more than just a consumption market — it is being groomed as one of the company’s next major development and innovation centres.
For now, Bengaluru stands at the centre of Anthropic’s India play, signalling how global AI firms are increasingly betting on the country as both a talent powerhouse and a launchpad for the next phase of artificial intelligence growth.
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