India, Jan. 16 -- Anthropic PBC has appointed former Microsoft Corp. executive Irina Ghose as managing director of India operations, a strategic move to solidify its foothold in its second-largest market globally as the AI startup prepares to open its first local office.

The San Francisco-based company, backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Google, is intensifying its push into India's enterprise sector, where usage of its Claude AI models has surged. Ghose, who previously served as Microsoft India MD, brings to Anthropic AI more than three decades of experience scaling technology businesses and driving AI adoption across key industries including banking, manufacturing, and healthcare.

The appointment comes as Anthropic aggressively expands its...