Indian IT services major Wipro has opened an Applied AI Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on Anthropic’s Claude models at its Bengaluru innovation hub, positioning the company to push enterprise AI deeper into client operations across sectors.
Unveiled on June 16, 2026, the CoE is a flagship program within Wipro’s newly created AI-Native Business & Platforms Unit. The initiative targets training and certification for 10,000 front-line delivery professionals on Claude models over the next 18 months, signaling a scaled, workforce-centric approach rather than limited pilot projects.
By anchoring Claude models within the Wipro Intelligence stack, the CoE is designed to hard-wire AI into delivery, functional, and industry platforms so that automation and generative capabilities become part of day-to-day business workflows. The goal is to move AI from experimental deployments to embedded, production-grade use cases that can be replicated across clients.
The investment lands at a mixed financial moment for Wipro. Revenue hit $11 billion in FY23 but declined 4.4% in FY24 to $10.8 billion and slipped another 3.2% in FY25 to $10.4 billion. Even as topline growth weakened, the company modestly expanded its workforce, adding about 8,810 employees in FY25 and 135 more in Q4FY26, underscoring a continued bet on delivery capacity.
“Wipro is strengthening its enterprise AI leadership with the Applied AI Center of Excellence for Claude models, powered by Anthropic,” said Wipro leadership in the official announcement, framing the CoE as a cornerstone of its next phase of AI-led services.
The center uses Wipro Intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes, emphasizing repeatable delivery methodologies and enterprise-grade execution. Claude models are integrated into Wipro’s platforms to support co-innovation with clients in live environments, enabling rapid iteration while AI adoption scales within internal functions as well.
By extending Claude across its delivery ecosystem, Wipro aims to align with a broader industry transition from proof-of-concept experimentation to full-scale AI production. The CoE is intended to give clients a structured path to operationalizing generative models in core processes, while offering Wipro a differentiated, model-centric services play that links talent, platforms, and execution under a single AI-native strategy.
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