Infosys is moving deeper into enterprise AI through a new partnership with Anthropic, a deal aimed at building AI agents for large companies at a moment when automation is shaking confidence in traditional IT services work.
The Indian IT giant said on Tuesday that it plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into its Topaz AI platform. The goal is to create so-called agentic systems that can handle complex enterprise workflows across sectors including banking, telecoms, and manufacturing.
What the Infosys and Anthropic partnership covers
Under the partnership, Infosys will gain access to Claude models and developer tools for building AI agents tailored to large enterprises. The companies describe the target product as enterprise-grade AI agents: systems designed not just to answer prompts, but to carry out connected work across business processes.
Infosys said it will use Anthropic’s Claude Code to help write, test, and debug code. The company also said it is already deploying the tool internally, with the aim of building expertise that can later be applied to client work.
The tie-up was announced at India’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week. The event is drawing top executives from AI companies and Big Tech, underscoring how central India has become to the next phase of enterprise AI adoption.
Why the timing matters for Indian IT services
The deal lands during a tense period for India’s heavily-staffed, $280 billion IT services industry. Large language model tools from major AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI are raising questions about how much of the traditional outsourcing model can be automated.
Those concerns intensified earlier this month after Anthropic launched a suite of enterprise AI tools that claimed to automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing, and research roles. Shares of Indian IT companies then went into freefall, reflecting investor anxiety about how quickly AI could reshape demand for labor-intensive services.
For Infosys, the partnership positions AI agents as something the company can sell, implement, govern, and support rather than simply a force that disrupts its existing business. That is an important distinction: if clients want AI systems inside regulated or complex enterprises, they may also need partners that understand industry workflows and deployment constraints.
How AI already fits into Infosys revenue
Infosys also gave a clearer look at the role AI is already playing in its business. AI-related services generated revenue of ₹25 billion (around $275 million), or 5.5% of the company’s total revenue of ₹454.8 billion (about $5 billion) in the December quarter.
That puts AI in a measurable but still limited position inside Infosys’ broader revenue base. It is no longer just an experimental category, but it is also not yet the dominant engine of the company’s business.
The source article also notes a comparison with rival Tata Consultancy Services. Tata Consultancy Services previously said its AI services generate about $1.8 billion annually, or around 6% of revenue.
For enterprise buyers, these figures point to a market that is moving beyond pilots and into paid services. For IT providers, they show why partnerships with model developers are becoming strategically important: AI services are now a revenue line that clients, investors, and competitors can compare.
What Anthropic gains from Infosys
For Anthropic, Infosys offers a route into heavily regulated enterprise sectors where deploying AI at scale takes more than model performance. The source article points to industry expertise and governance capabilities as key needs when AI systems move from demonstrations into real business environments.
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei framed the challenge directly: “There’s a big gap between an AI model that works in a demo and one that works in a regulated industry,” he said. He added that Infosys’ experience in sectors such as financial services, telecoms, and manufacturing helps bridge that gap.
That comment captures the central challenge facing enterprise AI agents. A model may perform well in a controlled setting, but businesses need systems that can operate within policies, workflows, compliance expectations, and industry-specific requirements.
India becomes a bigger focus for Claude
The Infosys partnership is part of Anthropic’s broader push in India. Anthropic this week also opened its first India office in Bengaluru as it seeks to expand further into the country.
India has become Anthropic’s second-largest market. The company 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.
That programming concentration helps explain why Claude Code is central to the Infosys arrangement. Software development, testing, and debugging are core areas where AI tools can be embedded into the daily work of IT services teams.
Still, important details remain undisclosed. Infosys did not reveal the timeline for deploying Claude-powered AI agents, and it did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
The move also fits a broader pattern among Indian IT services firms. HCLTech and OpenAI last year partnered up to help enterprises deploy AI tools at scale, showing that major service providers are increasingly aligning with AI labs as clients look for practical ways to adopt the technology.