Wipro launches Applied AI centre for Claude models

Wipro has launched an Applied AI Centre of Excellence for Claude models powered by Anthropic, extending its AI work across the Wipro Intelligence stack.

The centre sits within Wipro's AI-Native Business & Platforms Unit and has opened at the company's innovation hub in Bengaluru. It is intended to support the use of Claude models in business workflows across several industries.

A central part of the effort is a global pool of Forward Deployed Engineers trained on Claude models. Working inside client environments, they will combine knowledge of business processes with model integration.

Wipro is also targeting sector-specific development through the new unit. The company named mortgage, healthcare, airlines, manufacturing and consumer goods as areas where Claude models will be built into platforms and used with clients in live operating environments.

Alongside client work, Wipro will use the models in its own finance, human resources and sales functions. The internal rollout is part of a wider push to apply AI tools across its own operations as well as in customer projects.

Training push

Another element of the programme is workforce training. Wipro plans to certify 10,000 Front-Line Delivery Experts in the use of Claude over the next 18 months, creating a larger pool of staff able to design, deploy and run AI-based systems in complex business settings.

The announcement adds to a broader contest among IT services groups to show they can move from pilot AI projects to larger operational rollouts. Service providers have been building teams, partnerships and internal tools around foundation models as clients look for practical uses in regulated and process-heavy parts of their businesses.

For Wipro, the latest move ties its relationship with Anthropic more closely to delivery work. Rather than focusing only on experimentation, the company is framing the centre around deployment methods, embedded engineering teams and repeatable approaches that can be used across multiple customer accounts.

It also reflects a growing emphasis in the services market on staff who can work at the intersection of software, model behaviour and day-to-day business processes. Companies are increasingly trying to place technical specialists closer to client operations to reduce the gap between testing a model and changing how a workflow runs.

Wipro employs more than 240,000 people across 65 countries. The company has been expanding its AI-related offerings through Wipro Intelligence, which brings together platforms, solutions and innovation work under one umbrella.

Srini Pallia, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro, linked the new centre to the company's wider strategy. "Wipro is strengthening its enterprise AI leadership with the Applied AI Centre of Excellence for Claude models, powered by Anthropic. This marks a fundamental shift in how we deliver, and advances our strategy of being consulting-led and AI-powered. By combining the power of Claude models with our deep domain and enterprise expertise, we are driving measurable business outcomes for our clients," Pallia said.

He added that embedding Forward Deployed Engineers within client environments, alongside integrating AI across Wipro's own operations, would help accelerate enterprise-scale adoption with a clear focus on business value.