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

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Anthropic appointed Irina Ghose, former Microsoft India managing director with 24 years of experience, to lead its India operations as the company prepares to open a Bengaluru office. India is Anthropic's second-largest user base for Claude, with usage heavily focused on technical and software development tasks. The company faces intense competition from OpenAI and others in converting India's billion-plus internet users into revenue, with aggressive pricing strategies becoming common. Ghose will focus on enterprise adoption, developer engagement, and mission-critical use cases, while Anthropic builds out its local team and explores partnerships in a market where telecom giants control critical distribution channels.

Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion