India, Feb. 3 -- Where Does Anthropic Fit In India?

Anthropic's India playbook is shaping up. The AI giant is opening an office in Bengaluru and has hired ex-Microsoft MD Irina Ghose as its India head. The company is focussing on its strengths, which lie in building reliable, enterprise-grade AI systems. Will its B2B-first strategy stick?

Anthropic's B2B Pitch: The AI giant's India opportunity lies in helping businesses deploy AI safely in production, with strong support for coding, automation, and customer operations. If Anthropic succeeds, Claude could become the default layer powering codebases, voice agents, and decision workflows across Indian enterprises.

Problems Galore: Industry insiders believe that the AI major's safety-first...