Anthropic, the $183 billion artificial intelligence startup, is accelerating its global enterprise ambitions, announcing plans to triple its international workforce and expand its applied AI team fivefold in 2025. The move reflects the company’s rapidly growing footprint outside the United States, where demand for its Claude AI models is surging across industries and regions.
Over the past two years, Anthropic has grown its business customer base from fewer than 1,000 to more than 300,000, with nearly 80% of usage now coming from outside the U.S. According to company executives, adoption per person in markets such as South Korea, Australia, and Singapore has already surpassed U.S. levels, underscoring the international momentum driving the startup’s rapid expansion.
In an exclusive interview, Anthropic’s Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Smith, highlighted how international growth has exceeded the company’s most ambitious projections. “What is amazing is we haven’t, up until recently, had significant human presence in Europe, in Japan, in our international markets, and yet we already have a very, very significant business over there,” Smith said. He emphasized that sectors like life sciences and sovereign wealth management have embraced Claude’s capabilities, citing examples such as Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. There, Claude helped compress a process that typically takes three months into just a few days, dramatically accelerating analysis and reporting at the end of a drug development cycle.
To support its expansion, Anthropic is actively recruiting country leads for India, Australia and New Zealand, South Korea, and Singapore, while also scaling operations across the UK, northern and southern Europe, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The company is opening its first Asian office in Tokyo, establishing more than 100 new roles in Dublin and London, and creating a research-focused hub in Zurich, with additional locations expected to follow in the coming months.
The global expansion is being led by Chris Ciauri, who recently joined Anthropic as managing director of international. A longtime enterprise veteran, Ciauri previously served as CEO of Unily and held senior roles at Google Cloud and Salesforce, where he worked alongside Smith to grow EMEA revenue from $200 million to more than $3 billion. “G20 governments are approaching us about doing really, really interesting things at a citizen enablement level,” Ciauri told CNBC, adding that large companies across Europe and Asia are increasingly engaging Anthropic on industry-specific applications.
Anthropic’s international push reflects the broader competitive landscape in generative AI, where rivals such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are also vying for enterprise adoption. By establishing a physical presence in key global markets and scaling its applied AI workforce, Anthropic aims to solidify Claude’s position as a go-to platform for organizations seeking to integrate advanced AI models into operational workflows.
As the company moves forward, the combination of local leadership, region-specific teams, and strategic research hubs is expected to accelerate adoption across diverse industries, from pharmaceuticals and financial services to public sector initiatives. With nearly 80% of Claude’s usage now international, Anthropic’s expansion represents a significant bet on the global market’s appetite for AI-driven solutions and the startup’s ability to meet that demand at scale.
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