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Anthropic, backed by Alphabet’s Google and Amazon, plans to open its first office in Bengaluru in early 2026.
Anthropic is an AI company that builds safe, reliable large language models, including Claude, its advanced chatbot designed for reasoning and conversation.
What’s brewing: this move is part of its broader push to build responsible AI systems in India, amid rising enterprise tech spending and surging investor interest.
Note: Anthropic AI CEO Dario Amodei is set to visit India this week and is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India has already become Anthropic’s second-largest market for consumer use of Claude, a model that competes directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Valued at about $183 billion, Anthropic ranks among the world’s biggest private AI companies. The company says India will play a central role in its global growth strategy and AI safety efforts.
FYI: OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, also formally registered as a legal entity in India in August 2025 & plans to open its first India office in New Delhi later next year.
It joins a competitive field alongside Google’s Gemini and AI startup Perplexity, both of which have recently made advanced AI tools freely available to Indian users.
Big theme: India, the world’s second-largest online market with over a billion internet users, has become a key growth region for Anthropic. Many Indian AI startups already use its Claude models in their products for both local and U.S. clients.
Anthropic’s Claude app saw impressive growth in India this September, with downloads rising 48% YoY to around 7,67,000. Consumer spending on the app also skyrocketed, up 572% from last year bringing in $195,000 in September alone.
As Anthropic deepens its presence in India, the country is positioning itself as a key partner in building it.
