Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About the Role
We are looking for a builder-minded Startup Partnerships lead to drive the adoption of Claude within India's dynamic and rapidly scaling startup ecosystem. This is a 0-to-1 prospect — you'll be designing and executing innovative programs that enable startups to access and build with Claude across India's major tech hubs, from Bengaluru and Mumbai to Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, and Pune.
You will partner directly with leading Indian VCs, accelerators, and top startup customers to scale Anthropic's reach and impact. You'll define how Anthropic engages with one of the world's fastest-growing AI ecosystems and become a trusted AI advisor to founders and the VC community.
India has emerged as a major global AI hub — home to a rapidly expanding cohort of AI-native startups, deep engineering talent, and world-class technical founders, and this role will put you at the centre of it.
This role is for builders — someone founders see as a peer and trusted technical partner, not a traditional partnerships hire. You'll be hands-on with data, building your own dashboards, and shaping strategy through rigorous analysis.
What You'll Do
Drive Net New Logo Acquisition Through Developer Enablement
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Develop and execute Anthropic's startup GTM strategy for India, identifying and prioritising top AI-native startups and building tiered engagement programmes that balance personalisation with scale.
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Build strategic partnerships with leading Indian VCs that drive portfolio engagement. Design and launch strategic programmes with tier-1 VCs, own relationships end-to-end, negotiate partnership terms, and create exclusive benefits for portf