Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, announces India partnerships
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
Reader Comments
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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