Anthropic appoints Guillaume Princen as Head of EMEA, plans 100+ new European hires
Anthropic has named Guillaume Princen as its Head of EMEA, bringing in a former Stripe European expansion leader and ex-CEO of Mooncard. The company plans to hire over 100 people across sales, engineering, research, and operations, primarily in Dublin and London, building on an existing Zurich research office. The move signals a deliberate push to capture European enterprise and startup demand for Claude.
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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 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 launches Claude.ai, iOS app, and Team plan in Europe
Anthropic has made Claude available to European users and businesses, including the Claude.ai web interface, iOS app, and Team plan, following the earlier EU launch of the Claude API. The rollout covers Claude 3 model family access with multilingual support for French, German, Spanish, Italian, and other European languages. Pricing is set at €18/month for Claude Pro and €28/user/month for the Team plan. This expands Anthropic's commercial footprint into a major regulated market.
Anthropic Forms New Enterprise AI Services Company with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs
Anthropic has announced the formation of a new AI services company co-founded with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs, backed by a consortium including General Atlantic, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital. The firm will deploy Claude into core operations of mid-sized enterprises—community banks, manufacturers, regional health systems—using embedded Applied AI engineers from Anthropic alongside the new company's own engineering staff. The venture extends Anthropic's existing Claude Partner Network (which includes Accenture, Deloitte, and PwC) by targeting a market segment that lacks in-house resources for frontier AI deployments. This represents a significant structural move by Anthropic to capture enterprise deployment revenue through a dedicated services vehicle rather than purely through API licensing.
Anthropic appoints Paul Smith as first Chief Commercial Officer
Anthropic will appoint Paul Smith as its first Chief Commercial Officer, with the role to begin later in 2025. Smith brings over 30 years of enterprise go-to-market experience from Microsoft, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. The announcement coincides with Anthropic citing strong enterprise growth metrics, including hundreds of thousands of active API customers and Claude Code recurring revenue growing over 5x in two months.
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 Expands to India, Plans Bengaluru Office in Early 2026
Anthropic announced expansion of global operations to India, with a Bengaluru office planned for early 2026 as its second Asia Pacific location after Tokyo. CEO Dario Amodei is visiting India to meet government officials and enterprise partners, with focus areas including social impact sectors (education, healthcare, agriculture) and India's IT services industry. India ranks second globally in Claude consumer usage, with heavy skew toward technical/programming tasks, and Anthropic plans enhanced support for Hindi and approximately a dozen additional Indic languages. Large Indian enterprises such as CRED already rely on Claude for critical coding work.
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.