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HCLTech signs global agentic AI pact with Anthropic
Business Standard··12h ago
HCLTech signed a global partnership agreement with Anthropic on Monday to expand the deployment of agentic AI across enterprises, the company said in a statement. It will set up a dedicated Anthropic Business Unit and a Centre of Excellence. HCLSoftware will integrate Claude and Claude Code into select enterprise products, including HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan.
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What It Means For You
- HCLTech clients will get secure testing environments and help adopting AI-based engineering practices through the new unit.
- HCL BigFix and HCL AppScan are among the enterprise products that will integrate Claude and Claude Code, covering cybersecurity, automation, business process applications and application development.
- Claude use in HCLTech’s AIForce workflows, such as IT support, code remediation and digital employee services, will run with policy guardrails, exception handling and human oversight for high-impact changes.
What's Happening
- The agreement focuses on safety, cybersecurity and governance, HCLTech said in its statement.
- Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic, said, “AI can only be as useful as it is trustworthy, and we build Claude to give companies the confidence to bring it into their most sensitive and valuable work.”
- HCLTech chief executive officer and managing director C Vijayakumar said the partnership would strengthen the company’s ability to deploy agentic AI at scale.
Where HCLTech Fits In
- The Hindu BusinessLine describes HCLTech as the country’s third-largest IT services firm and said it will announce its second quarter results later in the day.
- The companies said the collaboration builds on HCLTech’s existing capabilities in engineering, data, cloud and software, to help enterprises move from AI experimentation to deployment.
- HCLTech’s teams will also build industry solutions and embed Anthropic’s products, such as Claude, Cowork and Claude Code, BusinessLine reported.
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