After TCS, Wipro plans to train 10,000 employees to use Claude over next 18 months
Wipro has opened an applied AI centre in Bengaluru focused on Anthropic's Claude models. The move underlines how Indian IT firms are shifting towards large-scale enterprise AI deployment.
India does not yet have an AI model of its own that can compete with the likes of Anthropic's Claude family of AI models or OpenAI's GPT models. But the country's IT giants are preparing for a different race: helping businesses around the world adopt AI at scale. After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro said on Tuesday that it has set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) for applied AI focused on Anthropic's Claude models at its Bengaluru hub.
The move highlights a growing reality for India. The country may not be building the world's most advanced AI models yet, but its largest technology companies want to become experts at deploying them across industries.
Wipro bets on Claude
The CoE is expected to bolster the IT services firm's ability to scale enterprise AI adoption using Claude models. These capabilities are integrated across the Wipro Intelligence stack including delivery, functional and industry platforms to embed AI into core business workflows across industries.
The centre is aimed at helping Wipro develop AI-based platforms and industry tools, while also expanding the use of AI across its finance, human resources and sales teams.
Wipro said it will train 10,000 employees to use Anthropic's Claude over the next 18 months. The program has been designed to build a strong base of practitioners capable of designing, deploying and operating AI-enabled systems in complex enterprise environments.
AI is changing Indian IT
Wipro's announcement comes at a time when India's IT industry is facing one of its biggest transitions. According to Reuters, investors are increasingly concerned that AI tools could disrupt the labour-intensive business model of India's $315 billion IT sector.
For decades, Indian IT companies grew by deploying large teams of engineers and consultants for global clients. But AI is beginning to automate many of those tasks, raising questions about how these companies will grow in the future.
Wipro's move comes as AI-led automation pressures the revenue of traditional Indian IT services firms, which lost billions of dollars in market value in February, partly following Anthropic's launch of an AI agent tool.
TCS is making a similar bet
Wipro is not alone in betting on Anthropic. On June 11, rival TCS said it had partnered with Anthropic to launch an alliance to drive enterprise AI scaling. The Tata Group company said it will equip 50,000 associates with Anthropic's Claude. The two companies will also jointly take AI solutions to market for highly regulated sectors.
India does not yet have an AI model of its own that can compete with the likes of Anthropic's Claude family of AI models or OpenAI's GPT models. But the country's IT giants are preparing for a different race: helping businesses around the world adopt AI at scale. After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro said on Tuesday that it has set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) for applied AI focused on Anthropic's Claude models at its Bengaluru hub.
The move highlights a growing reality for India. The country may not be building the world's most advanced AI models yet, but its largest technology companies want to become experts at deploying them across industries.
Wipro bets on Claude
The CoE is expected to bolster the IT services firm's ability to scale enterprise AI adoption using Claude models. These capabilities are integrated across the Wipro Intelligence stack including delivery, functional and industry platforms to embed AI into core business workflows across industries.
The centre is aimed at helping Wipro develop AI-based platforms and industry tools, while also expanding the use of AI across its finance, human resources and sales teams.
Wipro said it will train 10,000 employees to use Anthropic's Claude over the next 18 months. The program has been designed to build a strong base of practitioners capable of designing, deploying and operating AI-enabled systems in complex enterprise environments.
AI is changing Indian IT
Wipro's announcement comes at a time when India's IT industry is facing one of its biggest transitions. According to Reuters, investors are increasingly concerned that AI tools could disrupt the labour-intensive business model of India's $315 billion IT sector.
For decades, Indian IT companies grew by deploying large teams of engineers and consultants for global clients. But AI is beginning to automate many of those tasks, raising questions about how these companies will grow in the future.
Wipro's move comes as AI-led automation pressures the revenue of traditional Indian IT services firms, which lost billions of dollars in market value in February, partly following Anthropic's launch of an AI agent tool.
TCS is making a similar bet
Wipro is not alone in betting on Anthropic. On June 11, rival TCS said it had partnered with Anthropic to launch an alliance to drive enterprise AI scaling. The Tata Group company said it will equip 50,000 associates with Anthropic's Claude. The two companies will also jointly take AI solutions to market for highly regulated sectors.
