Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets PM Modi to discuss India expansion plans

Dario Amodei, Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, the AI company that developed the Claude models, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the firm’s entry into India and its efforts to promote the development of safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI).

The meeting took place just days after the California-based firm announced plans to establish an office in Bengaluru in early 2026 as part of its broader expansion in India.

According to the company, the discussion focused on shared priorities such as strengthening India’s AI innovation ecosystem and ensuring that the technology’s growth reflects democratic values while benefiting a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, education and agriculture.

“Prime Minister Modi has set an ambitious vision for India’s AI future, one that balances innovation with responsibility and ensures technology serves all of India’s people. We’re grateful to everyone we’ve met this week—customers, partners, policymakers and researchers, and of course Prime Minister Modi,” the Anthropic chief remarked.

He added that how India deploys AI across critical sectors like education, healthcare, and agriculture for over a billion people will be essential in shaping the future of AI.

When announcing its India expansion, the company had said it would focus on building support for Indic languages and developing AI applications for education, healthcare and agriculture. Bengaluru was chosen for its strong talent pool and proximity to the country’s enterprise ecosystem.

The company plans to expand Claude’s capabilities across multiple Indian languages, with improved Hindi performance in progress and model training underway for Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Urdu.

Anthropic’s planned Bengaluru hub will be its second office in the Asia-Pacific region after Tokyo.

The company’s internal data indicates that India is its second-largest market for Claude usage after the United States, with a significant share of activity linked to technical and software development tasks.

The expansion follows similar moves by other major AI players. OpenAI has announced plans to open its first India office in New Delhi later this year, describing the step as part of a deeper engagement with one of its fastest-growing user bases.

Other global AI startups are also increasing their presence in India. Perplexity, for instance, has identified the country as a key growth market and recently promoted its Comet AI browser, aimed at improving productivity. Company executives have also spoken about investing locally and supporting Indian developers and entrepreneurs.