Wipro to Certify 10,000 Employees on Anthropic's Claude Models as it Launches Dedicated AI Centre
By Ajay Rag ·
Wipro plans to certify 10,000 frontline delivery professionals on Anthropic's Claude AI models over the next 18 months as it pushes to deepen enterprise AI capabilities.
The company has launched an Applied AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Claude models at its Bengaluru innovation hub, according to a statement.
The facility, housed within Wipro's newly formed AI-Native Business and Platforms Unit, will support the development and deployment of AI applications for enterprise clients.
The centre will focus on developing AI-led solutions for sectors including mortgage services, healthcare, airlines, manufacturing, and consumer businesses. Claude models will be integrated across Wipro's platform offerings and used internally across functions such as finance, HR, and sales.
The certification programme is among the largest talent-development initiatives announced by the company around a specific AI model ecosystem and is designed to create a broad base of practitioners capable of designing, deploying, and operating AI-enabled systems in enterprise environments.
Wipro is also building a global pool of forward deployed engineers trained on Claude models who will work inside client environments to integrate AI into business workflows and accelerate adoption.
The announcement comes as IT services companies expand partnerships with leading AI model providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, while investing heavily in workforce training to capture a larger share of enterprise AI spending.
“Wipro is strengthening its enterprise AI leadership with the Applied AI Center 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,” Srini Pallia, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Wipro, said in a statement.
“Embedding Forward Deployed Engineers within client environments, alongside integrating AI across our own operations, enables us to accelerate enterprise-scale adoption with a clear focus on business value,” he added.