OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity ramp up hiring drive in India to build local AI teams

Generative-AI firms OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity have initiated significant hiring campaigns in India, focusing initially on sales, business-development and partnerships roles, followed by product and engineering positions. The companies cited India’s burgeoning AI-use market and rich talent pool as the drivers behind their expansion plans. The move positions India as a key hub in the global AI talent-economy and signals deeper localisation of AI operations beyond just consumption markets.