India, Feb. 2 -- More than a decade ago, tech giantssuch as Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft turned towards India to tap into its vast user base and deep engineering talent. Now, AI giants are following the same playbook.

Last year, Bengaluru hosted Anthropic's first developer event in India, held in partnership with VC firm Accel. The closed-door gathering brought together CTOs, product leaders, and founders to explore Claude Sonnet 4.5, Anthropic's newly launched model.

Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei visited the country and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and enterprise partners across cities. Obviously, comparisons were drawn to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's India trip in early 2025, during which he met PM Modi and IT minister Ashwini Va...