Claude-maker Anthropic opens offices in Paris and Munich, bolstering its European presence as demand for safe, reliable AI surges across the region.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence laboratory behind the chatbot Claude, is significantly broadening its European footprint with the establishment of new offices in Paris and Munich. The expansion reflects the company’s escalating focus on a continent it characterizes as its fastest-growing market by revenue.
The new hubs in France and Germany will complement the company’s existing EMEA headquarters in Dublin and current offices in London and Zurich. This move comes as the firm, recently valued at $183 billion in September, continues to staff up its nearly 200-person European workforce.
While Anthropic did not disclose specific revenue figures, it did detail appointments to bolster regional leadership. Guillaume Princen, who previously headed EMEA operations, will now focus on startups, mid-market companies, and digital-native businesses in the region. The company has also recruited senior executives from industry leaders: Thomas Remy, a former Google executive, is appointed Head of EMEA South, and Pip White, a former HP executive, will lead the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Northern Europe.
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The company’s Managing Director of International, Chris Ciauri, framed the expansion as a response to market maturity. “The business leaders I speak to are clear-eyed on both the immense opportunity that AI development represents and the critical importance of safety, reliability, and public trust,” Mr. Ciauri said. He added that the enlarged leadership team is necessary to meet the increasing demand from European clients, which includes major enterprises like L’Oréal, BMW, SAP, and N26.
This geographic expansion comes as Anthropic reported extraordinary growth in its European operations, with run-rate revenue in EMEA up more than nine times and the number of large business accounts (those over $100,000 in run-rate revenue) surging more than tenfold in the past year. The investment underscores the strategic importance of the European market, which is advancing rapidly in both AI adoption and regulatory policy.
