(Reuters) -Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Alphabet’s Google and Amazon.com, said on Tuesday it will open its first office in India next year, as it looks to tap into the country’s growing appetite for AI tools.

India has emerged as Anthropic’s second-largest market for the consumer use of Claude, its large language model that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Claude has carved out a niche by demonstrating strong capabilities in coding, setting it apart in the crowded AI landscape.

The $183 billion company said its co-founder and CEO, Dario Amodei, will visit India this week to meet public officials and corporate partners.

The new office would be located in Bengaluru, widely recognized as a technology hub of India, and would begin operations early 2026, the compan

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