Anthropic announced the official opening of its Bengaluru office, marking a significant expansion in India, the company’s second-largest market globally. India is home to a highly skilled developer community conducting some of the most technically advanced AI work in the world, with nearly half of Claude.ai usage in the country focused on complex computing and mathematical tasks, including building applications, modernizing systems, and shipping production software.
“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. “Already, it’s home to extraordinary technical talent, digital infrastructure at scale, and a proven track record of using technology to improve people’s lives. That’s exactly the foundation you need to make sure this technology reaches the people who can benefit from it most.”
Building Language Capabilities for Over a Billion Speakers
India’s linguistic diversity presents unique challenges for AI. While English remains the dominant language for most AI systems, more than a billion people in India speak one of over a dozen officially recognized languages. Over the past six months, Anthropic has focused on improving Claude’s fluency in ten widely spoken Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Urdu.
In collaboration with Karya and the Collective Intelligence Project, Anthropic is now developing evaluations to test Claude’s performance on locally relevant tasks across agriculture, law, and other sectors, working closely with nonprofits such as Digital Green and Adalat AI. The results of these evaluations will guide future model improvements and will be made publicly available to the broader AI community.
Partnering with Enterprises, Digital Natives, and Startups
Since Anthropic’s expansion announcement in October 2025, India’s run-rate revenue has doubled, reflecting widespread adoption across enterprises, digital-native companies, and startups.
Air India leverages Claude Code to accelerate custom software development, lowering costs while improving operational efficiency.
CRED achieved twice the feature delivery speed and 10% better test coverage using Claude Code.
Cognizant deploys Claude across 350,000 employees globally to modernize legacy systems and support enterprise AI adoption.
Among startups:
Razorpay integrates AI into risk and operational systems.
Rocket enables non-technical teams to build production-ready apps in hours instead of weeks.
Enterpret uses Claude to power its AI assistant and ship integrations delivering customer insights directly into Claude.
Emergent achieved $25 million in ARR and two million users in under five months, building its platform entirely with Claude.
Expanding AI Access in Education
Educational tasks account for 12% of Claude.ai usage in India. In partnership with Pratham, Anthropic powers the Anytime Testing Machine, piloted across 20 schools for 1,500 students, with plans to expand to 100 schools by the end of 2026. Anthropic is also collaborating with the Central Square Foundation to provide technical expertise, mentorship, and API credits to EdTech organizations aiming to reach underserved students with AI-enabled learning tools.
Incorporating AI into Public Sector and Social Impact
Anthropic is partnering with the EkStep Foundation to explore AI solutions for agriculture, a sector employing nearly half of India’s workforce. Other collaborations include:
Noora Health and Intelehealth, enhancing healthcare access in remote communities.
Adalat AI, launching a national WhatsApp helpline providing case updates, document summarization, and interactive querying of legal documents in native languages.
Driving Open-Source Standards and Interoperability
Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as an open-source standard connecting AI systems to external tools. The Indian Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), with support from Bharat Digital, launched the first government MCP server, enabling open access to authoritative national statistics. Private sector adoption includes Swiggy, allowing users to order groceries and make reservations directly via Claude.
Growing Anthropic’s Presence in India
Anthropic’s Bengaluru office, led by Irina Ghose, will serve as a hub for local talent across enterprise, startup, education, and public sector initiatives. The office represents Anthropic’s second location in Asia, following Tokyo, and underscores the company’s long-term commitment to India as a strategic hub for AI development and responsible deployment.
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