Wipro launches AI Center for Anthropic's Claude models to accelerate enterprise adoption

India's Wipro opens AI centre for Anthropic's Claude in Bengaluru

Wipro has launched a new AI hub in Bengaluru. This centre focuses on Anthropic's Claude models. It aims to help businesses adopt AI more widely. Wipro will train thousands of employees. This move comes as AI impacts traditional IT services. Rival TCS also recently partnered with Anthropic for AI scaling. India's Wipro said on Tuesday it has set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) for applied AI focused on Anthropic's Claude models at its Bengaluru hub. Wipro's move comes as AI-led automation pressures 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. Here are some details: The CoE is expected to bolster the IT services firm's ability to scale enterprise AI ⁠adoption using Claude models. It is aimed at helping Wipro develop AI-based platforms and industry ⁠tools, and expand 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. Analysts at Jefferies said Wipro expects compression in services revenue to weigh on growth in the coming quarters, while AI could help widen its addressable market through ⁠application rebuilds and workflow redesign. Investors are increasingly concerned that AI tools could disrupt the labour-intensive business model of India's $315 billion IT sector. On June 11, rival TCS said it had partnered with Anthropic to launch an alliance to drive enterprise AI scaling.

Wipro partners with Anthropic to launch new Claude-powered AI center

Leveraging Wipro Intelligence™ to deliver business outcomes with Anthropic's Claude models through repeatable delivery methodologies and enterprise-grade execution. Wipro Limited today announced the launch of its Applied AI Center of Excellence (CoE) for Claude models powered by Anthropic, reinforcing its commitment to accelerating enterprise AI impact. The CoE was inaugurated at its Bengaluru innovation hub, and is a key initiative under the newly formed AI-Native Business & Platforms Unit. The CoE strengthens Wipro'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. Wipro has been building a global talent pool of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) trained on Claude models, with a deep understanding of model behaviour and real-world application. These engineers operate within client environments, combining knowledge of business processes and technology landscapes with hands-on model expertise. The objective is to accelerate AI integration into workflows and deliver clear, measurable outcomes, reflecting a 'proof over promise' approach that underpins Wipro's AI strategy. The Applied AI CoE for Claude also serves as a hub to accelerate the development of AI-native platforms and industry solutions across Mortgage, Healthcare, Airlines, Manufacturing and Consumer sectors. Claude models are embedded into Wipro's platforms to enable co-innovation with clients in live environments, while also scaling AI adoption across Wipro's own Finance, HR, and Sales functions as part of its internal transformation. A key differentiator in Wipro's enterprise AI strategy is the certification of 10,000 Front-Line Delivery Experts on their use of Claude over the next 18 months. This program is designed to build a strong base of practitioners capable of designing, deploying, and operating AI-enabled systems in complex enterprise environments. "Wipro is strengthening its enterprise AI leadership with the Applied AI Center of Excellence for Claude models, powered by Anthropic", said Srini Pallia, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Wipro Limited. "This marks a fundamental shift in how we deliver, and advances our strategy of being consulting-led and AI-powered. By combining the power of Claude models with our deep domain and enterprise expertise, we are driving measurable business outcomes for our clients. Embedding Forward Deployed Engineers within client environments, alongside integrating AI across our own operations, enables us to accelerate enterprise-scale adoption with a clear focus on business value." This CoE is a significant step in Wipro's journey to operate as an AI-native enterprise, bringing together platform integration, deep model expertise, and embedded delivery to help clients adopt AI at scale and unlock its full potential.