Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com, announced that it will open its first office in India next year, aiming to tap into the country's growing demand for AI tools.

The move comes as AI adoption in India accelerates, fueled by rising enterprise tech spending, a growing pool of skilled talent, and increasing investor interest.

India, home to nearly a billion internet users, is becoming a major battleground for global AI players.

The Asian country has emerged as Anthropic's second-largest consumer market for its chatbot Claude, which competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT and is noted for its strong coding capabilities.

Anthropic currently offers both free and paid tiers of Claude in India, but has not yet introduced local currency pricing.

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