Anthropic opens Paris and Munich offices to scale European operations
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude family of models, is opening offices in Paris and Munich as it expands its European footprint. The new locations join existing bases in London, Dublin, and Zurich, and follow recent openings in Tokyo, Seoul, and Bengaluru. Anthropic says the hubs will support sales, research, engineering, policy, and partnerships.
The company reports that Europe, Middle East, and Africa is its fastest-growing region. It cites a run-rate revenue increase of more than nine times over the past year, and a rise of more than ten times in large business accounts worth over 100,000 dollars in run-rate revenue. Headcount in the region has, according to Anthropic, tripled in the past year.
Anthropic lists European usage from L’Oréal, BMW, SAP, and Sanofi, alongside digital-first firms including Lovable, N26, Pigment, Qonto, and Doctolib. Core workloads cited include software development, code improvement, and network issue resolution where accuracy and reliability are central. Germany and France rank among the top twenty countries globally for Claude usage per capita, which the company says informed the choice of the two new hubs.
Regional leadership hires to drive go-to-market
Anthropic is adding senior roles to manage growth across sub-regions. Guillaume Princen becomes Head of EMEA Startups, Mid-Market and Digital Native Businesses. Pip White, Head of EMEA North, will lead efforts across the UK and Ireland, Benelux, Nordics, and Israel from London. Thomas Remy, Head of EMEA South, will oversee France, Italy, Iberia, the Middle East, and Africa from Paris. A Head of DACH and Central and Eastern Europe will be announced to cover Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
To jumpstart activity around the new offices, Anthropic is backing cultural and developer programs. In Germany, it will support a Berlin exhibition with Light Art Space (LAS), and two TUM.ai hackathons at the Technical University of Munich. In France, it will work with Unaite on two hackathons planned for 2026. The initiatives are early-stage and timelines are high-level; outcomes will depend on delivery and local participation.
Global footprint continues to widen
With Paris and Munich, Anthropic counts offices in twelve cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Washington, D.C. The company continues to hire across research, engineering, sales, and operations in Europe.
Chris Ciauri says: “Europe is home to some of the world’s most important and forward-thinking companies. 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. With a bigger, broader, and highly specialized leadership team, we’re doubling down on sustained EMEA growth and building the team our European users need.”
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