Infosys Announces Strategic Collaboration with Anthropic as India Expands into Agentic AI

On February 18, 2026, Bengaluru-based IT giant Infosys announced a collaboration with US based AI firm Anthropic to upgrade enterprise operating models by combining Anthropic's frontier AI solutions across telecommunications, financial services and manufacturing sectors, by addressing growing concerns about AI disruption. The announcement boost Infosys shares up by 5% following recent market volatility in IT stocks. 

The partnership focuses on specialised AI agents or Agentic AI autonomous systems capable of handling complex, multi-step workflows and the establishment of a dedicated Telecom Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru by integrating Anthropic’s Claude models with Infosys Topaz, aims to bridge the gap between AI demos and large-scale industrial deployment, while simultaneously modernizing telecom infrastructure.

The partnership debuts with a Center of Excellence in Bengaluru to automate network operations and customer service. Utilizing the Claude Agent SDK, the firms will build agents for Financial Services like automating compliance, risk assessment, and personalized banking. Manufacturing like accelerating product R&D and digital simulations. Software development scaling "Exponential Engineering" using Claude Code to debug and test at speed.

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh highlighted the goal of modernizing financial infrastructure. By combining Infosys Topaz with Anthropic's models, firms can automate complex compliance reporting, enhance risk management through real-time data synthesis and deliver hyper-personalized customer interactions.

The partnership moves past traditional chatbots to focus on Agentic AI systems that can autonomously plan and execute multi-step business tasks. Telecommunications, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Technological Integration, Software Development, Enterprise Operations and Service sectors. 

The partnership touches the core of physical production and digital creation in Engineering by reducing R&D timelines through AI-driven design simulations and accelerating the migration of aging infrastructure to modern, cloud-native environments while cutting costs.

The establishment of a dedicated Anthropic Center of Excellence (CoE) at Infosys headquarters officially makes Bengaluru the global lab for agentic engineering. When the deal was announced, Infosys shares jumped 5%, proving that the market now views AI as a revenue catalyst for India. Anthropic is using this partnership to fine-tune Claude’s performance in 10 major Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, etc., making it a "Sovereign AI" play for the Indian government.

Dario Amodei, CEO of  Anthropic emphasized that Infosys’ domain expertise is the "missing link" required to bring frontier AI into regulated US and global markets to transform business and redefine industries, operate and innovation.  

The collaboration represents a clear transition from theoretical AI to large-scale industrial implementation establishing Infosys as a leading leader of AI Agents in the global market. By combining Anthropic's Claude models with Infosys Topaz, the partnership offers organisations a safe, domain-expert roadmap for navigating complex digital transformations and delivering significant value in highly regulated industries.