Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, bets big on India’s AI growth

US-based AI firm opens second Asia office in Bengaluru, citing India as Claude’s second-largest market, while announcing new collaborations in education, agriculture and judicial services to expand responsible AI adoption across sectors.

US artificial intelligence company Anthropic has opened a new office in Bengaluru, marking its second base in Asia after Tokyo and underscoring its growing focus on India as a strategic market. The company said the new centre will hire local talent across engineering, research, policy and business roles.

Anthropic noted that India has emerged as the second-largest market for its AI assistant, Claude. Nearly half of Claude’s usage in the country is tied to computer science and mathematics-related tasks, including application development and production-grade software deployment.

“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 – India, Anthropic. She highlighted the country’s deep technical talent pool and strong digital public infrastructure as key drivers of growth.

Education and public sector collaborations

Alongside its expansion, Anthropic announced partnerships across enterprise, education and agriculture. Among the key collaborations is an initiative with Pratham, where Claude powers the ‘Anytime Testing Machine’.

The programme is currently being piloted with 1,500 students across 20 schools and is expected to scale to 100 schools by the end of 2026. The initiative aims to offer flexible and credible exam preparation pathways, particularly for students with limited access to advanced educational resources.

Anthropic also works with Central Square Foundation to strengthen the use of AI-driven EdTech tools for underserved communities. Additionally, it is supporting Adalat AI, a judicial assistance platform offering a national WhatsApp helpline for court case updates, translation services, document summarisation and multilingual legal document queries.

Growth and open standards

The company said its India run-rate revenue has doubled since October 2025, reflecting rapid enterprise adoption.

Anthropic also highlighted its contribution to the broader AI ecosystem through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard designed to connect AI applications with external systems. The protocol has recently been donated to the Linux Foundation to encourage wider industry collaboration.

With its Bengaluru expansion, Anthropic appears poised to play a larger role in India’s evolving AI landscape while emphasising responsible and scalable deployment.