Dario Amodei, the CEO and cofounder of AI company Anthropic, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi yesterday.

Amodei claimed in a post on X that the two talked about Anthropic’s intentions for growth in India and the advancement of AI deployment in the nation.

I spoke with Prime Minister @narendramodi on Anthropic’s plans to expand to India, where the use of Claude Code has increased fivefold since June.  The future of AI will be greatly influenced by how India applies AI to vital industries like healthcare, education, and agriculture for more than a billion people, according to Amodei’s piece.

In response to his tweet, Prime Minister Modi stated that the Center was eager to collaborate with Anthropic in order to leverage technology for expansion in several important areas.

India’s thriving IT sector and bright young people are propelling responsible, human-centered AI innovation.  PM Modi remarked, “We applaud Anthropic’s growth and look forward to collaborating to leverage AI for growth across important sectors.”

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Anthropic, the firm behind the well-known chatbot Claude, was founded in 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei.  Creating “ethical and reliable” large language models (LLMs) is the company’s stated focus.

Anthropic is seeking to increase its footprint in India at the time of the conference.  By early 2026, the company hopes to open its first office in India, in Bengaluru, according to a release.  A local “in-market team” dedicated to developing AI solutions for particular use cases with an Indian focus will also be hired by Anthropic.

The business also stated that it intends to give model training for around a dozen more languages—including vernacular languages like Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Urdu—priority.

According to the AI major, its India playbook focuses on serving startups and using AI to improve society in industries like agriculture, healthcare, and education.

The business also stated that it intends to pilot AI-powered learning resources and work with local public health organizations and non-profits.  The AI major went on to say, “The company will also collaborate with accelerators and social entrepreneurs to incorporate AI into locally relevant solutions.”

Nevertheless, as part of his current trip to India later this week, CEO Amodei is also anticipated to meet with senior Reliance Industries (RIL) executives, including Mukesh Ambani.  According to reports, the AI business is looking at a partnership to increase access to its Claude AI assistant in India.

Although there aren’t many details yet, Anthropic might want to emulate Perplexity.  After Aravind Srinivas, the CEO and creator of the rival company, met with Prime Minister Modi in December of last year, Perplexity offered its Pro subscription to Reliance Jio rival Airtel customers for free (for a year).

However, a significant competitor has also been gaining ground in the nation.  OpenAI announced in August that it would open an office in Delhi later this year.  Additionally, the business named Sheeladitya Mohanty, a former Meta marketing lead, as the marketing head for India and Raghav Gupta, a former Coursera MD, as the head of its education vertical for Asia Pacific and India.

In addition, the Sam Altman-led business launched ChatGPT Go in India, offering its most economical subscription tier worldwide for INR 399 per month.  In the meantime, Google has also started providing Indian students with a free Gemini Pro subscription.

Since the Center has been pushing for the development of an indigenous LLM, the world’s leading AI companies are heading straight for the nation.  Five businesses, including SarvamAI, Soket AI, and Gnani.ai, were chosen by the government earlier this year to develop Indic AI models.

The focal point of all of this is India’s expanding GenAI market, which is expected to generate $17 billion in revenue by 2030.