India, Sept. 30 -- AI major Anthropic is planning to hire a country lead for India as part of its global expansion plan.

According to a CNBC report, the company is also looking for country heads in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Singapore, while expanding across Europe and the UK. The hiring push is aimed at capitalising on the rising enterprise demand for AI tools.

Like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic is known for its Claude AI chatbot, particularly its software development capabilities.

India accounts for 7.2% of global Claude usage, making it Anthropic's second-largest market after the US, which holds 21.6% share.

To support its expansion, Anthropic plans to triple its international workforce and increase its applied AI team ...