Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company Anthropic, Dario Amode, after the company announced its plans to expand operations in India and open an office in Bengaluru. Amodei posted about the meeting on X, and pointed to India's crucial role in the future of AI. “Today I met with PM Modi to discuss Anthropic's expansion to India—where Claude Code use is up 5× since June. 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,” Amode wrote on X. Responding to the X post of Anthropic CEO, PM Modi underscored the role of Indian talent. He wrote: "Glad to meet you. India’s vibrant tech ecosystem and talented youth are driving AI innovation that is human-centric and responsible". Modi also welcomed the AI company's expansion and said he looked "forward to working together to harness AI for growth across key sectors". Glad to meet you. India’s vibrant tech ecosystem and talented youth are driving AI innovation that is human-centric and responsible. We welcome Anthropic’s expansion and look forward to working together to harness AI for growth across key sectors.@DarioAmodei — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 11, 2025 The expansion comes at a time when Indian enterprises and startups are seeking AI models, said Paul Smith, Anthropic’s Chief Commercial Officer. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, a large language model, which has millions of global users. India ranks second globally in Claude usage, behind the US. A high amount of Claude usage in India is for technical tasks and software development, according to the company’s recently released Economic Index. The company is reportedly working on model training on nearly a dozen additional languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Urdu. Anthropic had announced on October 8 that it would expand its global operations to India and open an office in Bengaluru. Anthropic’s Co-Founder and CEO Amodei's visit to the country was also announced. In a company statement, Amodei had expanded on why India was important for the company. “India is compelling because of the scale of its technical talent and the commitment from the Indian government to ensure the benefits of artificial intelligence reach all areas of society, not just concentrated pockets.There is deep alignment between the challenges India is tackling and our mission as a company, from deploying AI across diverse languages and contexts, to building frameworks for responsible governance". He also said that India's AI ecosystem will play a "central role in how AI develops globally and democratically", and that Anthropic was "looking forward to working with organisations in India to pave a path for how beneficial AI can be scaled in a way that serves everyone".
