Anthropic Opens Bengaluru Office, Doubles India Revenue With Major Partnerships

Anthropic Bengaluru office opening - AI expansion in India

Anthropic Officially Opens Its Bengaluru Office

Anthropic has officially opened its Bengaluru office, marking the AI safety company's second location in Asia after Tokyo. The expansion comes with a wave of strategic partnerships across enterprise, education, agriculture, and judicial sectors that signal India's growing importance in the global AI landscape.

India is now Claude.ai's second-largest market globally, with run-rate revenue doubling since the company's October 2025 announcement. Nearly 50% of Claude usage in India involves computer and mathematical tasks, highlighting the country's deep technical adoption.

Enterprise Giants Are Already On Board

The partnership roster reads like a who's who of Indian tech and enterprise:

  • Air India is using Claude Code for faster software development
  • CRED has achieved 2x faster feature delivery and 10% better test coverage
  • Cognizant is deploying Claude to 350,000 employees globally
  • Razorpay has integrated AI into its risk systems and operations
  • Enterpret powers its AI assistant with Claude, with engineering teams using Claude Code daily
  • Emergent, an AI platform, reached $25 million ARR and 2 million users in under five months

Indian Language Initiative Across 10 Languages

Anthropic has launched a company-wide effort to improve AI model performance in 10 major Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Urdu. The company is partnering with organizations like Karya, Collective Intelligence Project, Digital Green, and Adalat AI to develop robust evaluation frameworks.

Education and Social Impact

Pratham, one of India's largest education nonprofits, is piloting an Anytime Testing Machine with 1,500 students across 20 schools, with plans to expand to 100 schools by end of 2026. The tool has also been adapted for 5,000+ learners in a Second Chance program for women returning to education.

In healthcare, Noora Health is providing accessible health coaching, while Intelehealth connects remote patients to medical care using Claude-powered tools.

Tackling India's 50 Million Pending Court Cases

Adalat AI is launching a national WhatsApp helpline powered by Claude that will provide instant case updates, translation services, document summarization, and legal document querying in Indian languages. This directly addresses India's staggering backlog of 50 million pending court cases.

Open-Source and Government Integration

Anthropic recently donated the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Linux Foundation. India's Ministry of Statistics has launched the first official Indian government MCP server, enabling access to national statistics. Meanwhile, Swiggy is using MCP for grocery ordering and dining reservations through Claude.

The Bottom Line

Anthropic's India expansion goes far beyond a typical market entry. With revenue doubling, enterprise adoption accelerating, and partnerships spanning education, agriculture, healthcare, and judicial services, India is quickly becoming a proving ground for AI deployment at true population scale. The Bengaluru office, led by Managing Director Irina Ghose, positions Anthropic to capitalize on what may be the world's most dynamic AI market.