Indian IT giant Infosys announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Anthropic to develop enterprise-grade AI agents. This move comes as automation driven by large language models reshapes the global IT services industry.
Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into its Topaz AI platform to build advanced agentic systems. The companies claim these agents will autonomously handle complex enterprise workflows across industries such as banking, telecoms, and manufacturing. The tie-up was announced at India’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week.
The deal arrives amid industry concerns that AI tools from major labs like Anthropic and OpenAI could disrupt India’s heavily-staffed, $280 billion IT services sector. These concerns raise questions about the future of labor-intensive outsourcing business models. Earlier this month, shares of Indian IT companies fell sharply after Anthropic launched a suite of enterprise AI tools designed to automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing, and research roles.
This partnership grants Infosys, one of the world’s largest IT services businesses, access to Anthropic’s Claude models and developer tools for building tailored AI agents for large enterprises. Infosys stated it will use Anthropic’s Claude Code to help write, test, and debug code, adding that it is already deploying the tool internally to build expertise for client work.
Infosys also shared details on AI’s contribution to its business. AI-related services generated revenue of ₹25 billion, approximately $275 million, in the December quarter. This figure represents 5.5% of the company’s total revenue of ₹454.8 billion, about $5 billion. Rival Tata Consultancy Services previously reported its AI services generate about $1.8 billion annually, or around 6% of its revenue.
For Anthropic, the partnership provides a pathway into heavily regulated enterprise sectors, where deploying AI at scale requires deep industry expertise and governance capabilities. Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei noted there is a significant gap between an AI model that works in a demo and one that functions in a regulated industry. He stated that Infosys’s experience in sectors like financial services, telecoms, and manufacturing helps bridge that gap.
Anthropic this week also opened its first India office in Bengaluru as it seeks to expand further in the country, which has grown into the company’s second-largest market. Anthropic said India now accounts for about 6% of global Claude usage, second only to the U.S., with much of that activity concentrated in programming.
Infosys did not disclose the timeline for deploying Claude-powered AI agents or the financial terms of the deal. This partnership mirrors similar moves by other Indian IT services firms, such as the collaboration between HCLTech and OpenAI last year to help enterprises deploy AI tools at scale.