Anthropic opens Bengaluru office and announces new partnerships across India
Anthropic has officially opened a Bengaluru office and announced a broad set of partnerships spanning enterprise, education, agriculture, and public sector in India, its second-largest Claude.ai market. The company reports run-rate revenue in India has doubled since October 2025, with enterprise deployments including Air India, CRED, Cognizant (350,000 employees), and Razorpay. Anthropic is also investing in Indic language model improvements across 10 languages and building publicly available evaluations for locally relevant tasks in partnership with Karya, the Collective Intelligence Project, and domain-expert nonprofits.
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Anthropic Expands to India, Plans Bengaluru Office in Early 2026
Anthropic announced expansion of global operations to India, with a Bengaluru office planned for early 2026 as its second Asia Pacific location after Tokyo. CEO Dario Amodei is visiting India to meet government officials and enterprise partners, with focus areas including social impact sectors (education, healthcare, agriculture) and India's IT services industry. India ranks second globally in Claude consumer usage, with heavy skew toward technical/programming tasks, and Anthropic plans enhanced support for Hindi and approximately a dozen additional Indic languages. Large Indian enterprises such as CRED already rely on Claude for critical coding work.
Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghose as Managing Director of India, Opens Bengaluru Office
Anthropic has hired Irina Ghose, former Managing Director of Microsoft India, as its Managing Director of India ahead of opening its first Indian office in Bengaluru. The appointment signals Anthropic's formal expansion into the Indian market, where India is already the second-largest market globally for Claude.ai. Anthropic's Economic Index data shows Indian Claude.ai users concentrate heavily on technical and mathematical tasks, with nearly half of usage in that category. The India team will engage policymakers, academic institutions, developers, and enterprise partners.
Anthropic Opens Tokyo Office, Signs AI Safety MoC with Japan AI Safety Institute
Anthropic has officially opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Tokyo, with CEO Dario Amodei meeting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi and signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute to collaborate on AI evaluation methodologies. The company also joined the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group and hosted a Builder Summit for 150+ startups. Japanese enterprise deployments of Claude are highlighted across Rakuten, Nomura Research Institute, Panasonic, and Classmethod, with Anthropic reporting 10x run-rate revenue growth in Asia-Pacific over the past year. Expansion to Seoul and Bengaluru is planned for coming months.
Anthropic Opens Fourth Asia-Pacific Office in Sydney, Australia
Anthropic is opening a Sydney office as its fourth Asia-Pacific location, joining Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Seoul. The expansion targets enterprise, startup, and research customers in Australia and New Zealand, where Claude ranks 4th and 8th globally in per-capita usage. Anthropic is also exploring compute capacity expansion in Australia to address data residency requirements from enterprises and government agencies, with longer-term infrastructure conversations underway.
Anthropic opens Seoul office and announces Korean enterprise partnerships including NAVER, Samsung SDS, and LG CNS
Anthropic has opened a physical office in Seoul, led by Representative Director KiYoung Choi, and announced a wave of enterprise and startup partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem. Major deployments include NAVER rolling out Claude Code to its entire engineering organization, Samsung SDS deploying Claude across Samsung Electronics, and LG CNS rolling out Claude to thousands of employees across LG Group. Anthropic also announced a research partnership with the National AI Research Lab (NAIRL) consortium spanning KAIST, Korea University, Yonsei University, and POSTECH, providing Claude access to up to 60 affiliated researchers focused on safety and alignment.
Anthropic Opens Paris and Munich Offices, Cites 9x EMEA Revenue Growth
Anthropic is opening new offices in Paris and Munich, expanding its European footprint to seven cities alongside London, Dublin, and Zurich. The company reports EMEA run-rate revenue has grown more than 9x year-over-year, with large enterprise accounts (>$100K ARR) growing more than 10x. Enterprise customers including L'Oréal, BMW, SAP, and Sanofi are named as Claude users. The expansion includes new regional leadership hires and partnerships with local educational and cultural institutions.
Anthropic Forms New Enterprise AI Services Company with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs
Anthropic has announced the formation of a new AI services company co-founded with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs, backed by a consortium including General Atlantic, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital. The firm will deploy Claude into core operations of mid-sized enterprises—community banks, manufacturers, regional health systems—using embedded Applied AI engineers from Anthropic alongside the new company's own engineering staff. The venture extends Anthropic's existing Claude Partner Network (which includes Accenture, Deloitte, and PwC) by targeting a market segment that lacks in-house resources for frontier AI deployments. This represents a significant structural move by Anthropic to capture enterprise deployment revenue through a dedicated services vehicle rather than purely through API licensing.
Anthropic Opens Seoul Office as Third Asia-Pacific Location, Citing 10x Regional Revenue Growth
Anthropic announced plans to open a Seoul office in early 2026, its third in Asia-Pacific following Tokyo and Bengaluru, driven by over 10x run-rate revenue growth in the region over the past year. Korea ranks in the top five globally for Claude usage both in total and per capita, with Claude Code weekly active users in Korea growing 6x in four months. Enterprise deployments include SK Telecom's AI customer service model and Law&Company's legal assistant. Large business accounts (>$100K ARR) in Asia-Pacific have grown 8x year-over-year.