Anthropic IPO: Meet 4 Indian-origin leaders handling its finances, tech and AI governance

As Anthropic prepares to enter the stock market, four Indian-origin leaders are working across some of the most important parts of its business. Krishna Rao is responsible for managing the money behind its expansion, Rahul Patil oversees the technology powering its AI models, Sid Bidasaria helped build its fast-growing coding tool, and Neil 'Buddy' Shah has a role in ensuring the company stays committed to its AI mission.Their roles come into focus as Anthropic moves towards a potential blockbuster IPO. The company filed its US listing paperwork on October 26, following a sharp rise in demand for its Claude AI models. Its revenue reached $16.29 billion in the first six months of 2026, compared with $1.16 billion in the same period last year. But rapid growth also brings a costly challenge that Anthropic needs enormous computing power to develop and run its AI systems, while balancing commercial ambitions with its stated commitment to AI safety. The four leaders approach these challenges from different sides of the business. Here is a closer look at who they are and what they do at Anthropic.Who are the top four Indian-origin leaders at Anthropic?Krishna Rao, CFRao joined Anthropic in May 2024 as its first chief financial officer. He oversees the company's finances and fundraising, along with major computing infrastructure agreements. As Anthropic expands its AI operations, his role includes managing the financial demands of competing with companies such as OpenAI, Google and Meta. The company has outlined more than $800 billion in AI infrastructure agreements and estimated future spending in its IPO filing. Rahul PatilRaised in Bengaluru, Patil became Anthropic's chief technology officer in October 2025. He oversees engineering, product development, computing infrastructure, inference, data science and security. His work brings together the teams developing Claude and those responsible for the technology that runs it. Before joining Anthropic, Patil spent around five and a half years at Stripe, eventually serving as its CTO. He has also worked at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Sid BidasariaBidasaria is the technical lead for Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding tool that can write and execute code and handle complex software engineering tasks. What started as an internal experiment has become a major business for the company. Claude Code's annualised revenue run rate reached $2.5 billion in February 2026. Bidasaria joined Anthropic in 2024 after working at Citrix, Rubrik, Robinhood and Propelo. He is an alumnus of The Doon School in Dehradun.Neil 'Buddy' ShahShah's role centres on governance rather than product development or daily operations. He chairs Anthropic's independent Long-Term Benefit Trust, established in 2023 to help keep the company's AI development aligned with its mission of benefiting humanity. The trust has significant authority over board appointments, giving its members influence over the company's long-term direction. Shah is also CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously served as managing director of GiveWell. He co-founded IDinsight, a data analytics and advisory organisation focused on development outcomes.- Ends