A prominent global Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, Anthropic, plans to triple its international workforce and expand its applied AI team fivefold this year, as part of an aggressive global expansion strategy.
The hiring spree will see more than 100 new roles added across Dublin, London, and Zurich, new sites in Europe, and the opening of Anthropic’s first Asian office in Tokyo.
As part of this global push, the company will also appoint a country head for India, marking its most significant step into one of the fastest-growing AI markets. India already accounts for 7.2% of Claude chatbot usage globally, second only to the U.S. at 21.6%.
Expansion Spearheaded by New Leaders
The global expansion is being driven by Chris Ciauri, managing director of International, and follows the appointment of Paul Smith as chief commercial officer.
“The global demand for Claude is extraordinary — from financial services in London to manufacturing in Tokyo, enterprises are trusting Claude to power their mission-critical operations,” said Ciauri.
Surging Growth
Valued at $183 billion and backed by Alphabet and Amazon, Anthropic has rapidly emerged as a frontier AI leader. Its Claude models, popular for coding tasks, have scaled the firm’s enterprise base from under 1,000 to over 300,000 in just two years.
Run-rate revenue has also soared to $5 billion by August 2025, compared with $1 billion at the beginning of the year.
India and Competitive Pressures
The India focus comes as OpenAI prepares to open its first local office in New Delhi by end-2025. CEO Sam Altman has said India could soon overtake the U.S. as the largest AI market.
OpenAI recently launched ChatGPT Go in India at ₹399 per month. Meanwhile, the Indian government has rolled out its national AI mission, tapping startups such as Avataar.ai, Bharatgen, Fractal Analytics, Tech Mahindra, Zeintech, Genloop Intelligence, NeuroDX, and Shodh AI to build indigenous foundation models.
Earlier this week, Microsoft deepened ties with Anthropic by integrating Claude into its Copilot assistant, expanding its enterprise adoption worldwide.
