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Anthropic Opens Bengaluru Office, Boosts India AI Hiring & Key Partnerships

Anthropic, the American AI firm, has inaugurated its Bengaluru office, marking its second Asian location after Tokyo. The company plans significant local hiring and highlighted that India is its second-largest market for Claude.ai, with nearly half of usage focused on technical tasks. It announced strategic partnerships across enterprise, education, and agriculture, including collaborations with Pratham and the Central Square Foundation. The company also cited its support for legal aid tools like Adalat AI and noted that its India run-rate revenue has doubled since October 2025.

Key Points: Anthropic Opens Bengaluru Office, Expands India AI Hiring & Partnerships

  • Opens Bengaluru office as second Asian hub
  • Focus on hiring local Indian talent
  • Partnerships in education, agriculture & enterprise
  • India is second-largest market for Claude.ai
  • Run-rate revenue in India doubled since Oct 2025
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Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, announces local hiring and partnership

Anthropic opens its Bengaluru office, announces local hiring, and reveals key partnerships in education, agriculture, and enterprise sectors in India.

"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"

New Delhi, Feb 16

American artificial intelligence firm Anthropic on Monday announced it has opened a Bengaluru office, its second in Asia after Tokyo, and will focus on hiring local talent across a wide array of roles.

India is the second‑largest market for Claude.ai and that nearly half of Claude usage in India comprises computer and mathematical tasks such as building applications and shipping production software, the company said in a statement.

"We're announcing partnerships across enterprise, education, and agriculture that deepen our commitment to India across a range of sectors," it said.

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

"The country is home to extraordinary technical talent, digital infrastructure at scale, and a proven track record of using technology to improve people's lives," she added.

It also highlighted its ongoing partnerships across, including a partnership with Pratham, an education nonprofit.

The Anytime Testing Machine of Pratham, powered by Claude, is currently being piloted with 1,500 students across 20 schools, with plans to expand to 100 schools by the end of 2026, the company said.

Anytime Testing Machine aims to create flexible, credible pathways for learning and certification by helping students practice for exams.

"AI tools like Claude give us new ways to reach students who do not have access to advanced educational resources," Madhav Chavan, Co‑Founder and CEO, Pratham.

Anthropic's India run‑rate revenue has doubled since October 2025, it claimed.

Further Anthropic collaborates with Central Square Foundation to use EdTech and AI more effectively to educate children from underserved communities, the release said.

It also cited support for Adalat AI set to launch today, to improve access to judicial services with a national WhatsApp helpline for court case updates. It provides instant case updates, plus translation, document summarization, and interactive querying of legal documents in native Indian languages, the AI firm claimed.

Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a universal open-source standard for connecting AI applications to external systems and recently donated it to the Linux Foundation.

- IANS

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Priya S
Love the focus on education with Pratham and the Central Square Foundation. If AI can help bridge the learning gap for underserved communities, that's a real win. The Adalat AI initiative for judicial services sounds very useful too. Hope it delivers on its promise.
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Vikram M
Good to see investment, but I hope they're truly hiring "local talent" for leadership and R&D roles, not just for sales and support. We've seen this pattern before with other MNCs. The proof will be in the type of work originating from this office.
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Sarah B
The part about nearly half of Claude usage in India being for building applications and shipping software is telling. Indian developers are clearly leveraging this as a productivity tool. Excited to see what gets built from here!
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Rohit P
Adalat AI on WhatsApp is a genius move for India. So many people, especially in smaller towns, struggle with understanding court procedures and updates. If this works well, it could be a massive public service. Jai ho!
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Michael C
Donating the Model Context Protocol to the Linux Foundation is a significant open-source contribution. It shows a commitment to building the ecosystem, not just capturing the market. A positive step for responsible AI development globally.
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Kavya N
As someone in Ed

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