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Anthropic Names Chris Ciauri as Managing Director of International, Announces Global Enterprise Expansion
Anthropic announced the appointment of Chris Ciauri as Managing Director of International, alongside expanded global offices in Dublin, London, Zurich, and Tokyo. The company disclosed run-rate revenue growth from $87M at the start of 2024 to over $5B in August 2025, with enterprise customers growing from under 1,000 to over 300,000 in two years. The announcement includes deployment case studies from NBIM, the European Parliament, Novo Nordisk, SK Telecom, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Rakuten, United Airlines, and TELUS, illustrating broad international enterprise adoption of Claude.
Anthropic Opens Paris and Munich Offices, Cites 9x EMEA Revenue Growth
Anthropic is opening new offices in Paris and Munich, expanding its European footprint to seven cities alongside London, Dublin, and Zurich. The company reports EMEA run-rate revenue has grown more than 9x year-over-year, with large enterprise accounts (>$100K ARR) growing more than 10x. Enterprise customers including L'Oréal, BMW, SAP, and Sanofi are named as Claude users. The expansion includes new regional leadership hires and partnerships with local educational and cultural institutions.
Anthropic opens Milan office to support Italian enterprise, research, and developers
Anthropic is opening its sixth European office in Milan, led by Thomas Remy (Head of Southern Europe), to serve Italian enterprise, research, and developer communities. The office already has active deployments with major Italian companies including Generali Group, Unipol Group, Enel Group, Pirelli, Angelini Pharma, and Bracco Group. Notable deployment cases include Satispay compressing an 18-month engineering roadmap into seven months and Bending Spoons co-authoring the majority of code changes with Claude Code. The opening coincides with Anthropic's engagement with the Vatican around Pope Leo XIV's AI-focused encyclical.
Anthropic Opens Fourth Asia-Pacific Office in Sydney, Australia
Anthropic is opening a Sydney office as its fourth Asia-Pacific location, joining Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Seoul. The expansion targets enterprise, startup, and research customers in Australia and New Zealand, where Claude ranks 4th and 8th globally in per-capita usage. Anthropic is also exploring compute capacity expansion in Australia to address data residency requirements from enterprises and government agencies, with longer-term infrastructure conversations underway.
Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghose as Managing Director of India, Opens Bengaluru Office
Anthropic has hired Irina Ghose, former Managing Director of Microsoft India, as its Managing Director of India ahead of opening its first Indian office in Bengaluru. The appointment signals Anthropic's formal expansion into the Indian market, where India is already the second-largest market globally for Claude.ai. Anthropic's Economic Index data shows Indian Claude.ai users concentrate heavily on technical and mathematical tasks, with nearly half of usage in that category. The India team will engage policymakers, academic institutions, developers, and enterprise partners.
Anthropic appoints KiYoung Choi as Representative Director of Korea ahead of Seoul office opening
Anthropic has named KiYoung Choi as Representative Director of Korea, ahead of opening a Seoul office. Choi joins from Snowflake and brings over 30 years of technology leadership across Korea and Asia-Pacific, including prior roles at Google Cloud, Adobe, Autodesk, and Microsoft. Korea is cited as a high-engagement market for Claude, with usage running 3.5x above population-expected rates. Existing Korean enterprise customers include SK Telecom and Law&Company.
Anthropic Partners with UK Government to Deploy Claude-Powered AI Assistant on GOV.UK
Anthropic has been selected by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to build and pilot an AI-powered assistant for GOV.UK, initially focused on helping job seekers navigate employment services and training resources. The system is described as agentic, maintaining context across interactions and routing users to appropriate services. The partnership builds on a February 2025 MOU and follows DSIT's 'Scan, Pilot, Scale' phased deployment framework, with Anthropic engineers embedded alongside civil servants at the Government Digital Service. A stated goal is building independent AI and AI safety expertise within the UK government.