Anthropic appoints Microsoft veteran Irina Ghose as India MD

January 15, 2026 11:55 PM EST

Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

BENGALURU, Jan ⁠16 - Artificial ⁠intelligence ‍startup Anthropic has appointed former Microsoft executive Irina Ghose ‍as its managing director for India, ​the company said on Friday.

Ghose served ​as managing director for Microsoft's India business, a role she held for two years ​before leaving the company in December 2025, following a ​24-year career at the U.S. tech major.

Anthropic, which ‌is backed by Alphabet's Google and Amazon, is set to ​open its first India ⁠office in Bengaluru in early 2026. The country ‌is currently the second-largest market for the company's AI chatbot Claude, ‌with usage primarily focused on technical applications ‌such as programming.

India, home to more than a billion internet users, has become ‍a hotly contested arena for global tech players as ⁠enterprise and consumer usage of AI ramps up in the country.

(Reporting by Abhirami G in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)



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