Anthropic Mulls Deal With Reliance To Deepen India Presence

Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, is reportedly exploring collaboration with Reliance to expand its India presence. Choosing Bengaluru for its first local office, Anthropic may leverage Reliance’s digital and telecom infrastructure to deploy AI services at scale. Such a tie-up mirrors earlier AI-telecom partnerships and signals intensified competition in local AI infrastructure. The move underscores India’s growing strategic importance in global AI deployment and reflects how foreign AI firms are increasingly viewing India as a core market.