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Anthropic names Irina Ghose managing director for India
CALIFORNIA: Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose as managing director for India, underlining the artificial intelligence start-up’s intent to deepen its presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets.
Ghose joins Anthropic after a 24-year career at Microsoft, most recently serving as managing director of its India business, a role she held for two years before stepping down in December 2025. Her appointment comes as global AI firms race to secure leadership, talent and customers in India.
Backed by Google and Amazon, Anthropic plans to open its first India office in Bengaluru in early 2026. India is already the company’s second-largest market for its AI chatbot Claude, with usage driven largely by technical and developer-focused applications such as programming.
With more than a billion internet users and rapidly rising enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence, India has become a critical battleground for global technology companies seeking scale, data and long-term growth.
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
