HCLTech signs a Global Premier Partnership with Anthropic and sets up a dedicated Anthropic business unit to put Claude into enterprises

HCLTech and Anthropic announced a “Global Premier Partnership” on 12 October, in a release datelined Santa Clara and Noida. HCLTech's services teams will build industry solutions on Anthropic's Claude, Cowork and Claude Code, and its software arm, HCLSoftware, will build Claude into selected products, including HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan.

HCLTech says it will set up a dedicated Anthropic business unit and a Center of Excellence. It will also add Claude and Claude Code to AI Force, its agent-based software-engineering platform, for work such as IT support and code fixes, with policy guardrails and human oversight for high-impact changes.

The announcement came shortly before HCLTech's second-quarter results, Upstox reported. Neither company disclosed a contract value, customer commitments or deployment numbers.

Daniela Amodei, Anthropic's co-founder and president, said in the release that “AI can only be as useful as it is trustworthy”. HCLTech's chief executive, C Vijayakumar, said: “Few technology companies combine the scale of a global systems integrator with the product depth of an ISV.”

• Claimed HCLTech will create a dedicated Anthropic business unit and a Centre of Excellence, and add Claude to AI Force and HCLSoftware products. HCLTech release (PR Newswire, on Webull)
• Reported The partnership was announced on 12 October, shortly before HCLTech's second-quarter results, Upstox reported. Upstox