Anthropic Opens Bengaluru Hub, Doubles India Revenue with Claude AI

Anthropic has officially inaugurated its new office in Bengaluru, marking its second base in the Asia-Pacific region. The company announced that India is now Claude.ai's second-largest market, with nearly half of its local usage focused on technical tasks like application building. New partnerships span enterprise, education, and agriculture, including collaborations with Air India, Cognizant, and the Pratham nonprofit. The company is also enhancing its language capabilities by curating training data in 10 widely spoken Indian languages.

Key Points: Anthropic Opens Bengaluru Office, Announces India AI Partnerships

  • Opens second Asia-Pacific office in Bengaluru
  • India is second-largest market for Claude.ai
  • Run-rate revenue in India has doubled since Oct 2025
  • New enterprise & social impact partnerships announced
  • Curating AI training data in 10 Indian languages
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Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, announces India partnerships

Anthropic opens a Bengaluru office, doubles India revenue, and partners with Air India, Cognizant, and Pratham for AI deployment in enterprise and education.

"India represents one of the world's most promising opportunities to bring the benefits of responsible AI to vastly more people and enterprises. - Irina Ghose"

Bengaluru, February 16

Anthropic has officially opened its new office in Bengaluru. This location serves as the company's second base in the Asia-Pacific region. The move follows the announcement that India is now the second-largest market for the AI assistant, Claude.ai. The office will be led by Irina Ghose, the Managing Director of India.

The company stated that India is "home to a developer community doing some of the most technically intense AI work we see anywhere." According to the announcement, nearly half of Claude usage in India involves computer and mathematical tasks such as building applications and modernising systems. Anthropic also reported that its run-rate revenue in the country has doubled since October 2025.

New partnerships across the enterprise, education, and agriculture sectors accompanied the office opening. In the corporate sector, Air India is using Claude Code to develop software faster, while Cognizant is deploying the AI to 350,000 employees globally. In the social impact sector, Anthropic is working with the Pratham education nonprofit to pilot an "Anytime Testing Machine" for students in 20 schools.

Anthropic is also focusing on language capabilities for the region. The company has curated training data in 10 widely spoken Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil. They are working with organisations like Karya and the Collective Intelligence Project to test model performance on local tasks in agriculture and law.

In a statement, Irina Ghose said, "India represents one of the world's most promising opportunities to bring the benefits of responsible AI to vastly more people and enterprises." She added that the country's technical talent and digital infrastructure provide "exactly the foundation you need to make sure this technology reaches the people who can benefit from it most."

The company also highlighted the use of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in India. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation recently launched the first official Indian government MCP server. Additionally, Swiggy is using this open-source standard to allow users to order groceries directly through Claude.

- ANI

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Priya S
The partnership with Pratham for the "Anytime Testing Machine" is the most exciting part for me. If AI can help bridge the education gap in rural schools, that's a true game-changer. Technology for social impact is where the real magic happens.
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Rohit P
Good move, but I hope they're genuinely investing in local talent and not just setting up a sales office. We've seen many MNCs come, hire a few, and keep the core R&D abroad. The proof will be in the kind of research teams they build here.
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Sarah B
The Swiggy integration through Claude is brilliant! Ordering groceries by just chatting with an AI feels very futuristic. This is exactly the kind of practical, daily-use application that will drive AI adoption in Indian households.
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Karthik V
Including 10 Indian languages in the training data is a smart and necessary step. AI that only understands English will never truly serve Bharat. Curious to see the performance in languages like Tamil and Bengali for complex tasks.
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Michael C
The revenue doubling since October is a staggering metric. It shows how quickly Indian enterprises are embracing AI for productivity. The Cognizant deployment to 350k employees is massive. This will push other IT majors to accelerate their own AI plans.
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Neha E

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