Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets PM Modi, discusses AI and its future

Bengaluru: Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss India’s role in shaping the future of responsible AI.

The meeting follows Anthropic’s announcement to expand to India with a new Bengaluru office opening in 2026. The AI research and development company plans to hire local talent and work with Indian businesses, nonprofits, and startups to apply AI in areas such as education, agriculture, and healthcare.

The company said Claude Code, Anthropic's agentic command line tool, is available to Indian developers seeking to accelerate their development workflows through natural language commands in the terminal.

The CEO in a post on X mentioned that Claude Code use is up 5× since June. "How India deploys AI across critical sectors like education, healthcare, and agriculture for over a billion people will be essential in shaping the future of AI," he said.

Earlier, the company announced its plans to open Bengaluru office in early 2026, and it will serve as its second office in Asia Pacific after Tokyo.