India, Oct. 12 -- HCLTech has signed a Global Premier Partnership with Anthropic to help enterprises deploy agentic artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to establish a dedicated business unit and Centre of Excellence (CoE) focused on Anthropic's Claude models and related tools.

Announced on October 12, 2026, the partnership will cover enterprise AI solutions, software engineering, cybersecurity and business applications. HCLTech will use Claude, Claude Code and Cowork to develop industry-specific offerings, while its software subsidiary, HCLSoftware, will integrate Claude capabilities into select enterprise products.

As part of the agreement, HCLTech will establish a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit and CoE to develop agentic AI so...