Anthropic Bengaluru expansion is moving forward as the AI company appoints Irina Ghose, former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its India business ahead of a planned Bengaluru office launch. Ghose spent 24 years at Microsoft and stepped down in December 2025.
The Anthropic Bengaluru expansion comes as India grows into Claude’s second-largest user base, with activity leaning heavily toward technical and work use cases such as software development. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also visited India in October, meeting corporate leaders and lawmakers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to discuss adoption and expansion plans.
As Anthropic scales its India presence, it is also expanding Claude’s industry specific deployments, showing how the Bengaluru expansion could drive real enterprise use cases. The company recently outlined how Claude is being positioned for regulated sectors like healthcare, where reliability and safety are critical. This focus on mission critical applications highlights why India has become a priority market as AI competition intensifies.
Key Moves Tied to the Anthropic Bengaluru Expansion Include:
- Hiring for roles across startup, enterprise and partner sales
- Prioritizing mission critical Claude deployments for enterprises, developers and startups
- Working with policymakers and academic institutions to build local partnerships
- Exploring AI tailored to local languages for sectors like education and healthcare
Competition is heating up, with OpenAI planning a New Delhi office and other players pushing India focused pricing and bundles.
