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Anthropic Names Ex-Microsoft MD Irina Ghose to Head India Operations

Irina Ghose, former Microsoft India MD, will lead Anthropic's Bengaluru office to grow Claude's enterprise use amid 48% annual download growth in India, the second-largest Claude market.

  • On Friday, Anthropic appointed Irina Ghose as managing director for India as the U.S. AI startup prepares to open an office in Bengaluru, India.
  • India is Anthropic's second-largest market, with nearly half of Claude.ai usage focused on computer and mathematical tasks by Indian enterprises and developers.
  • Irina Ghose, a former Microsoft India managing director, said, `India has a real opportunity to shape how AI is built and deployed at scale.` Ghose emphasized her deep experience in scaling technology businesses and her focus on trust and safety in AI deployment.
  • Anthropic is hiring locally with job listings for enterprise account executives and partner sales manager roles as its growing India team aims to strengthen ties with policymakers and enterprise partners after CEO Dario Amodei's visits.
  • Claude's India downloads rose 48% year-on-year to about 767,000 installs, while Reliance Industries partnered with Google and Bharti Airtel teamed with Perplexity amid OpenAI's New Delhi office plans.
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Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion

Irina Ghose joins Anthropic as India managing director after 24 years at Microsoft.

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Devdiscourse broke the news in India on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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