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title: "HCLTech signs partnership with Anthropic and sets up a dedicated Anthropic business unit"
url: https://anawords.com/story/hcltech-anthropic-global-premier-partnership
published: 2026-10-13T10:50:00+05:30
updated: 2026-10-13T10:50:00+05:30
section: AI in India
author: Mayank Sahu
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# HCLTech signs partnership with Anthropic and sets up a dedicated Anthropic business unit

The Noida-based IT services company will build industry solutions on Claude, Cowork and Claude Code, and its software arm will add Claude to products such as HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan.

**In short:** HCLTech announced a “Global Premier Partnership” with Anthropic on 12 October 2026. It will set up a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit with a Center of Excellence, and HCLSoftware will embed Claude in products including HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan. No financial terms were disclosed.

## What was announced

HCLTech announced a “Global Premier Partnership” with Anthropic on 12 October 2026, in a press release datelined Santa Clara and Noida.[^1] The companies say the aim is to speed up enterprise use of agentic AI, with a focus on safety, cybersecurity and governance.[^1][^2]

## What HCLTech will do

HCLTech will set up a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit with a Center of Excellence.[^1][^2] According to the release, the centre will build agentic AI solutions and provide secure sandbox environments for Claude deployments, using forward-deployed engineers.[^1]

HCLTech’s services teams will build industry solutions on Claude, Cowork and Claude Code.[^1] The company will also add Claude and Claude Code to its AI Force platform for IT support, code remediation and digital employee services, with policy guardrails and human oversight for high-impact changes.[^1][^2]

## The software side

HCLSoftware becomes an Anthropic independent software vendor (ISV) partner. It will embed Claude in selected products, including HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan.[^1][^2]

## What the companies said

Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei said: “AI can only be as useful as it is trustworthy.”[^1][^2] HCLTech chief executive C Vijayakumar said the partnership strengthens the company’s ability to deploy agentic AI at scale.[^1][^2]

## What is not known

Neither company disclosed financial terms, staffing numbers for the new unit, or named clients.[^1][^2] HCLTech reports more than 223,000 employees in 60 countries.[^1]

*Disclosure: Anawords uses Claude, made by Anthropic, as one of its research tools. Anthropic has no say in our coverage.*

## Fact ledger

- [Confirmed] HCLTech and Anthropic announced a Global Premier Partnership on 12 October 2026. (source 1)
- [Confirmed] HCLTech will set up a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit with a Center of Excellence. (source 1,2)
- [Confirmed] HCLSoftware will embed Claude in products including HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan. (source 1)
- [Not known] Financial terms, staffing of the unit and named clients.

## Sources

1. [HCLTech press release (PR Newswire): HCLTech and Anthropic sign Global Premier Partnership](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/hcltech-anthropic-sign-global-premier-115600347.html) — official
2. [Business Standard: HCLTech signs pact with Anthropic to set up dedicated AI business unit](https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/hcltech-signs-pact-with-anthropic-to-set-up-dedicated-ai-business-unit-126101200830_1.html)