Iris Coleman February 17, 2026 06 :52
Anthropic announces collaboration with Infosys to develop enterprise AI agents in regulated industries using Claude models on the Infosys Topaz Platform.
Anthropic has teamed up with Indian IT giant Infosys to develop AI agents targeting telecommunications, financial services, and manufacturing--sectors where regulatory compliance has historically slowed AI adoption.
Anthropic and Infosys announced a partnership on February 17 that integrates Anthropic Claude models into Infosys' AI-first platform, Topaz. What is the goal? The goal?
Why this deal makes sense
Anthropic is all about distribution. This company, which just completed a $30 billion Series G funding round that increased its valuation to over $380 billion, needs enterprise customers to justify this number. Infosys has relationships with Fortune 500 companies in industries where AI adoption is cautious.
In the announcement, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said that there is a large gap between AI models that work in a demonstration and those that are effective in an industry that has been regulated. "Infosys is the perfect company to have that expertise."
Anthropic is pushing India in a broader way. India was cited as the company's second largest market when it opened a Bengaluru branch in the same week. Nearly half of Indians use Claude to build production software. Developers are not only experimenting, but also shipping code.
What they're Really Building
Five specific use cases are targeted by the collaboration:
Telecom - AI agents to manage network operations and the customer lifecycle. The legacy systems of carriers are notoriously complex. This is exactly the type of problem that agentic AI can solve to reduce costs.
Financial Services: Compliance automation, risk detection, and personalized advice. Infosys is a good intermediary for banks that are wary of AI due to regulatory scrutiny.
Manufacturing - Accelerating design and simulation cycles. Claude takes care of the modeling, while engineers concentrate on iteration.
Software Development: Teams Using Claude Code for Writing, Testing, and Debugging. It became available to the general public in May 2025, and is now a major revenue generator.
Enterprise Operations: Document Summarization, Status Reporting, and Review Automation through Claude Cowork.
The Bigger Picture
Anthropic recently reached $14 billion in revenue, a growth of more than tenfold for three years. This growth is not possible with developer subscriptions alone. It requires enterprise contracts. This partnership with Infosys is how you get the seven- and eight figure deals at Anthropic.
Infosys sees it as a moat of competitive advantage. Each major IT consulting firm is scrambling for the position of preferred AI implementation partner. Early access to Claude’s agent SDK, and co-developing solutions for specific industries can reduce switching costs.
It remains to be determined whether these AI agents will deliver on their promise of "intelligent automaton" in regulated sectors. The partnership structure, which combines Anthropic's model with Infosys’s domain expertise and enterprise relations, at least addresses the correct problem.
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