Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday. The meeting was aimed at discussing the company’s plans to expand in India and subsequently the adoption of its AI tools, including Claude Code. Since June, the use of Claude Code in India has dramatically increased, almost fivefold, showing how fast India’s AI ecosystem is growing.

Anthropic announced it will open its first Indian office in Bengaluru by early 2026. This is its second office in the Indo-Pacific region after Tokyo.

PM Modi on India’s AI potential

During the meeting, Prime Minister Modi spoke about India’s rising tech ecosystem and the potential of its talented youth to drive human-centric and responsible AI transformation . He welcomed Anthropic’s move into India and assured that

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