Anthropic appoints Irina Ghose, a former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its business in India, which has the second-largest user base for Claude (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Anthropic Accelerates India Rollout: Claude 3.5 and the New Enterprise Playbook Anthropic Accelerates India Rollout – Claude 3.5 & Enterprise Strategy Claude , Anthropic’s flagship conversational model, has entered a pivotal phase of expansion in India under the leadership of former Microsoft India Managing Director Irina Ghose . In 2026, Anthropic announced its first Bengaluru office and a dedicated policy‑focused AI Impact Summit. The move signals a strategic shift from freemium usage to revenue‑generating enterprise contracts—an evolution driven by Claude 3.5’s enhanced safety architecture and the upcoming o1-mini model. Why India Matters for Claude India is Anthropic’s second‑largest market after the United States, with a developer ecosystem that accounts for roughly 55% of all Claude code‑completion usage. According to Gartner’s latest “AI in Enterprise” report (Q1 2026), Indian enterprises are projected to spend $4.8 billion on AI services by 2030, up from $2.3 billion in 2025. The gap between free consumer spend and potential enterprise revenue—$195 k versus $2.5 M in the U.S.—underscores the need for a monetisation strategy that taps into regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, and public services. Claude 3.5: A Safety‑First Advantage Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 3.5, incorporates Constitutional AI refinements that reduce hallucinations by 35% on average compared to its predecessor. For enterprises where data residency and audit trails are mandatory—such as banking institutions complying with India’s RBI guidelines—Claude 3.5 offers built‑in compliance filters. The o1-mini model, slated for Q2 2026, will extend these safety guarantees to high‑throughput workloads like automated code review pipelines. Irina Ghose: Bridging Microsoft Legacy and Indian Policy Enterprise Networks. Ghose’s 24-year tenure at Microsoft India positioned her with deep ties to Fortune 500 clients already using Azure. Anthropic can leverage “Claude on Azure” bundles, reducin