India Emerges as Key AI Market
According to Ghose, India ranks as the second-largest market globally by usage of Claude.ai. A significant portion of activity comes from developers leveraging AI for computing and mathematical tasks, particularly in code generation and productivity enhancement.
“Much of the engagement is focused on augmenting developers and helping them write better and faster code,” she noted, underlining India’s strength as one of the world’s largest developer bases.
Globally, Anthropic recently disclosed that its annualised revenue run rate has surged to $14 billion, marking a tenfold increase over each of the past three years. While India-specific financial figures were not disclosed, the doubling of revenue run rate signals robust local momentum.
Enterprise Partnerships to Drive ‘Last Mile’ Impact
Anthropic’s India strategy is centred around enterprise collaboration. Ghose emphasised that the company aims to co-build solutions with businesses across sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, banking and financial services.
“The intent is to complement and coexist within the partner ecosystem. Enterprises will add the necessary sector-specific nuance, while we provide horizontal AI capabilities,” she explained.
This approach is particularly important for last-mile integration, where generic AI tools must be adapted to highly specialised industry use cases such as stock broking, banking compliance, and medical diagnostics.
Bengaluru Office Anchors Expansion
Anthropic announced plans in October 2025 to open its first India office in Bengaluru’s Embassy Golf Links business district. The company is actively hiring across sales, policy, partnerships and applied AI engineering roles to strengthen its on-ground capabilities.
The expansion aligns with India’s broader push to become a global AI hub. The government has been accelerating AI adoption through initiatives such as the IndiaAI Mission.
Ghose, a former Microsoft India executive, took charge of Anthropic’s India operations recently and is tasked with deepening enterprise relationships while fostering innovation partnerships.
Focus on Indian Languages
Anthropic is also prioritising the training of its Claude models in multiple Indian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Urdu. Strengthening Indic language capabilities is viewed as essential for expanding AI access beyond English-speaking users.
This move comes amid intense competition in India’s AI landscape, where global technology giants are racing to capture market share. Companies including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta have all accelerated AI deployments in the country.
Market Volatility and AI Concerns
Recent volatility in Indian IT stocks, partly linked to concerns around AI-driven automation and tools such as Claude Cowork plugins, has triggered debate within the industry. However, Ghose dismissed fears of displacement.
She described Cowork plugins as “horizontal intelligent application plugins” that require enterprise customisation to deliver value. “A lot of the last-mile work will come from partners and enterprises building on top of these systems,” she said.
The comments come ahead of the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, where Anthropic’s global leadership team is expected to participate.
India’s Expanding AI Footprint
India’s fast-growing AI developer community, combined with strong enterprise digitisation, is emerging as a powerful growth engine for global AI firms. Anthropic’s revenue acceleration in the country underscores the scale of opportunity as businesses integrate generative AI into core workflows.
With enterprises driving adoption, multilingual capabilities expanding, and policy support strengthening, India appears poised to play a defining role in the next phase of global AI evolution.
