Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, announces new partnerships across India
Anthropic opened its second Asian office in Bengaluru to expand its AI assistant Claude's adoption across Indian enterprise, education, and agriculture sectors.Summary
Anthropic has officially launched its new office in Bengaluru, marking a major expansion in India, which accounts for nearly half of Claude's usage for computer and mathematical tasks. The company's run-rate revenue has doubled since announcing its expansion in October 2025. This Bengaluru office is Anthropic's second in Asia, following Tokyo, and will be managed by Irina Ghose. Anthropic plans to hire local talent to offer applied AI expertise, helping Indian enterprises, startups, and digital natives scale solutions powered by Claude tailored to local requirements. Key partnerships include Air India using Claude Code for software development, Cred achieving faster feature delivery, and Cognizant deploying it for 350,000 employees. Indian startups like Razorpay and Enterpret are also leveraging Claude for risk systems and AI assistants, respectively.
(Source：M Economictimes)