New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Anthropic, an AI company, is increasing its presence across the globe, and is considering recruiting a country head for India. The transfer is part of an overall strategy in hiring leaders in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Singapore, and intensifying its operation in Europe and the UK.

India accounts for 7.2% of global usage of Anthropic's Claude AI, making it the company's second-largest market after the US, which holds a 21.6% share. It has already become a priority market due to the increasing enterprise demand for AI tools in India, and there are plans to establish the first Asian office of Anthropic in Tokyo.

Anthropic hopes to hire three times the number of employees abroad in 2021 and grow its team ...