San Francisco, June 12 -- America's top cybersecurity firms are shifting their focus toward small Indian businesses that rely heavily on data and the internet. This comes as artificial intelligence-driven threats surge following Anthropic's rollout of Claude Mythos, a powerful model capable of autonomously discovering software vulnerabilities and building complex exploit chains overnight.

Over the past three years, Indian ventures with revenues under Rs.500 crore have become acutely aware of the threat AI represents. While their cybersecurity spending hasn't risen dramatically just yet, companies expect a sharp increase as threats escalate.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) accounted for more than 80% of all of India's registe...