Anthropic has partnered with Indian IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services to accelerate enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence models.
Through this partnership, TCS will create a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic’s AI models to customers. TCS also said it will have early access to new model releases to use to build expertise and will offer Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant to its employee base of more than 50,000 people.
The two companies said they would develop solutions for sectors including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and aviation.
Frontier AI companies have secured corporate distribution channels by partnering with companies such as TCS in India. Earlier this year, Anthropic teamed up with Infosys, and OpenAI teamed up with Infosys and HCLTech to do something similar.
Beyond enterprise deployments, the partnership extends across multiple TCS businesses and platforms. Diligenta, TCS’ UK-based life and pensions business with more than 22 million customers, plans to use Claude for customer service and process automation. Likewise, TCS iON, the company’s digital learning platform, will offer training and certification programs on the Anthropic model.
TCS said it will provide capabilities to Anthropic’s Claude Code ecosystem, including tools for claims adjudication and loan advisory.
Anthropic has been working to expand its presence in India, which the company describes as its second-largest market. Over the past year, the startup has opened offices in the country, assumed leadership roles and expanded relationships with leading IT services companies.
The deal comes as both investors and technology companies are beginning to doubt the viability of India’s $315 billion IT services sector amid the rise of AI. Shares of TCS and Infosys have fallen about 34% and 31%, respectively, so far this year.
