Razorpay, NPCI join hands to launch AI powered payments on Claude
20 Feb 2026, 06:38 PMThe partnership brings together Razorpay’s Agentic Payments, NPCI’s UPI infrastructure, and Claude’s conversational intelligence.
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Razorpay and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced the launch of Agentic Payments on Claude, allowing the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to automatically make payments on the user's behalf.
The partnership brings together Razorpay’s Agentic Payments, NPCI’s UPI infrastructure, and Claude’s conversational intelligence.
Backed by UPI Reserve Pay, customers can approve a single spending limit for a merchant and then make multiple secure purchases without repeated PIN prompts.
It will let participants order food, groceries, and everyday essentials from Zomato, Swiggy, and Zepto, all without leaving their conversation on the AI assistant.
The platform was launched at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi , and is currently in its pilot phase with a small group of users.
“AI shouldn’t stop at recommendations - it should finish the job. We’re excited to partner with Anthropic’s Claude and NPCI to bring this vision to life." Harshil Mathur, CEO & cofounder, Razorpay, said.
Razorpay is a payments and banking platform established in 2014 by Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur which provides technology payment solutions to businesses.
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